u/Visible-Song-6208

Hey melahomies. Unfortunately we got the updated staging and things have progressed to stage IV.

My bf (25 yo AAM) now has:
• Numerous mm size lung mets/nodules
• Metastasis to T12 in the spine
• Two golf ball sized tumors in his right leg

He previously did Keytruda, then ipi/nivo, but unfortunately had progression/growth on both.

The next step is TIL therapy. We’ll be traveling to a hospital about 2 hours away for treatment. His tumor harvest surgery is officially scheduled for 6/17.

Trying to stay hopeful while also processing how heavy all of this is. Really just been hard to manage his pain. If anyone here has experience with TILs, especially after failing immunotherapy, I would really appreciate hearing your experience/advice.