Penny S.

Hello Chau,

 My Dad went thru the full  Alt-801 Clinical trail, it halted growth for 3 months,  2 of the larger tumors in his lungs started growing again.  Dr. recommended Yervoy, he has had 2 rounds with   minor  symptoms,  dizzy, tried, slight head ache and  mood changes, not normal.   He has been living an extremely normal life.  Wood turning, mowing grass, farming, Golf, etc…  No other symptoms until the last few days he is really tried, and feels slow mentally,   we felt it was the side effects of  the second Yervoy  treatment but just to be safe Mom called the Dr. yesterday, today  they ran an MRI, it showed 3 new spots on the Brain.  We are into a whole new ball game. 

Seems the symptoms are closely related.

I hope your Dad is just having side effects from the drug.

Hello Chau,

 My Dad went thru the full  Alt-801 Clinical trail, it halted growth for 3 months,  2 of the larger tumors in his lungs started growing again.  Dr. recommended Yervoy, he has had 2 rounds with   minor  symptoms,  dizzy, tried, slight head ache and  mood changes, not normal.   He has been living an extremely normal life.  Wood turning, mowing grass, farming, Golf, etc…  No other symptoms until the last few days he is really tried, and feels slow mentally,   we felt it was the side effects of  the second Yervoy  treatment but just to be safe Mom called the Dr. yesterday, today  they ran an MRI, it showed 3 new spots on the Brain.  We are into a whole new ball game. 

Seems the symptoms are closely related.

I hope your Dad is just having side effects from the drug.

Hello Chau,

 My Dad went thru the full  Alt-801 Clinical trail, it halted growth for 3 months,  2 of the larger tumors in his lungs started growing again.  Dr. recommended Yervoy, he has had 2 rounds with   minor  symptoms,  dizzy, tried, slight head ache and  mood changes, not normal.   He has been living an extremely normal life.  Wood turning, mowing grass, farming, Golf, etc…  No other symptoms until the last few days he is really tried, and feels slow mentally,   we felt it was the side effects of  the second Yervoy  treatment but just to be safe Mom called the Dr. yesterday, today  they ran an MRI, it showed 3 new spots on the Brain.  We are into a whole new ball game. 

Seems the symptoms are closely related.

I hope your Dad is just having side effects from the drug.

Well, I am new to this ball park, I've been surfing this site since my Dad got the news he had Melanoma 2yrs ago, and today  he landed into a new ball park and  I landed here after reading your post.  

 Dad has been fighting this ugly beast for two years, first a spot on the chest, it looked like a blood bluster, our GP thought it was nothing to worry about, (WRONG).  It turned out to be melanoma, after surgery   test showed at that time it had not spread.   18 months later it showed up in the lungs, lots of small tumors everywhere.  He  was referred and met the requirements for ALT-801 clinical trial. The treatment halted the tumors and no new growth for 3 months after the treatment, then 2 larger tumors started to grow.  Dr. recommended Yervoy, minor side effects thru the 2nd treatment. Then things started to change and so has Dad mentally , we called the Dr and after MRI today we find out he has 3 spots on the brain in different area's  surgery is not looking like an option,  radiation has been mentioned. We go this Thursday for consult.  If you don't mind please tell me about  your treatment.

Well, I am new to this ball park, I've been surfing this site since my Dad got the news he had Melanoma 2yrs ago, and today  he landed into a new ball park and  I landed here after reading your post.  

 Dad has been fighting this ugly beast for two years, first a spot on the chest, it looked like a blood bluster, our GP thought it was nothing to worry about, (WRONG).  It turned out to be melanoma, after surgery   test showed at that time it had not spread.   18 months later it showed up in the lungs, lots of small tumors everywhere.  He  was referred and met the requirements for ALT-801 clinical trial. The treatment halted the tumors and no new growth for 3 months after the treatment, then 2 larger tumors started to grow.  Dr. recommended Yervoy, minor side effects thru the 2nd treatment. Then things started to change and so has Dad mentally , we called the Dr and after MRI today we find out he has 3 spots on the brain in different area's  surgery is not looking like an option,  radiation has been mentioned. We go this Thursday for consult.  If you don't mind please tell me about  your treatment.

Well, I am new to this ball park, I've been surfing this site since my Dad got the news he had Melanoma 2yrs ago, and today  he landed into a new ball park and  I landed here after reading your post.  

 Dad has been fighting this ugly beast for two years, first a spot on the chest, it looked like a blood bluster, our GP thought it was nothing to worry about, (WRONG).  It turned out to be melanoma, after surgery   test showed at that time it had not spread.   18 months later it showed up in the lungs, lots of small tumors everywhere.  He  was referred and met the requirements for ALT-801 clinical trial. The treatment halted the tumors and no new growth for 3 months after the treatment, then 2 larger tumors started to grow.  Dr. recommended Yervoy, minor side effects thru the 2nd treatment. Then things started to change and so has Dad mentally , we called the Dr and after MRI today we find out he has 3 spots on the brain in different area's  surgery is not looking like an option,  radiation has been mentioned. We go this Thursday for consult.  If you don't mind please tell me about  your treatment.