Jg_miller

Hi jg_miller,

I was on Optivo for almost 2 years.  Side effects, like yours, minimal with fatigue being the worst of it. The other side effect for me was mostly shortness of breath.

After having undergone an upper right lobectomy, I was treated with chemo for the remaining two lymph nodes that were tested positive for non small cell. When they reappeared I was treated with Chemo and radiation. When they reappeared again  I began the Optivo.

I was on a clinical trial and it required cat scans every 8 weeks. There were times the two small  tumors outside the lung did grow that were noted during those scans.  No need to panic!  The very next scan they would shrink again .It worked well for me for two years.  The clinical trail only allowed for a certain amount of growth (minimal) and when they eventually exceeded that growth I was no longer allowed to participate.  Thus I am now doing proton radiation.

Hope this answers some of your questions.  Normthek