Delayed effect from ipi/nivo treatment
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Delayed effect from ipi/nivo treatment

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    • May 12, 2016 at 6:32 pm
    davidstewart
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      I had two ipi/nivo infusions, the last on December 4, 2015. Many side effects but the good news is that I am a responder. Most of the effects from the treatment and steroids have disappeared but here five months later I am suddenly having a high creatinine (1.6) and high calcium (11.1). After many blood tests, there is no obvious cause so I was wondering if anyone out there has been through this and can speak to whether it is temporary or otherwise.
       
      Thanks, David
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        • May 13, 2016 at 6:46 am
        MoiraM
        Participant

          My experience may not be directly relevant. I had four infusions of Ipi that finished at the end of June 2015. All my side effects had cleared up by mid-July. I am a responder.

          Then at the end of August 2015, my rash came back, which I cleared up using hydrocortisone cream. Then at beginning of September 2015 the diarrhoea was back and it lasted fve weeks.

          No blood test results to share. Sorry about that.

           

          • May 13, 2016 at 6:46 am
          MoiraM
          Participant

            My experience may not be directly relevant. I had four infusions of Ipi that finished at the end of June 2015. All my side effects had cleared up by mid-July. I am a responder.

            Then at the end of August 2015, my rash came back, which I cleared up using hydrocortisone cream. Then at beginning of September 2015 the diarrhoea was back and it lasted fve weeks.

            No blood test results to share. Sorry about that.

             

            • May 13, 2016 at 6:46 am
            MoiraM
            Participant

              My experience may not be directly relevant. I had four infusions of Ipi that finished at the end of June 2015. All my side effects had cleared up by mid-July. I am a responder.

              Then at the end of August 2015, my rash came back, which I cleared up using hydrocortisone cream. Then at beginning of September 2015 the diarrhoea was back and it lasted fve weeks.

              No blood test results to share. Sorry about that.

               

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