redfoot1

Welcome to WhatNext, we are sorry for your need to find us, but happy that we can help you. There are a lot of great people here that have already been through what you are facing and are willing to help you get through it too. If you have questions about anything just post them on the Questions Page. Others will chime in with their personal experiences.

If you need help navigating the site, please contact me, we are happy to assist. We also have active social pages, you may wish to search those out also. Take some time and poke around the site, there is a world of information here that you will find. The more you dig, the more you will find.

We have an opportunity for you to make your voice heard with our partner Rare Patient Voice (www.rarepatientvoice.com) to be invited to qualify for surveys and phone interviews for projects that apply to you and if you do qualify you will be compensated on a $100 per hour basis. There are pharma companies that would like to hear about your experiences with certain drugs or side effects. Your information might help develop the next generation of drugs.

Rare Patient Voice will send you an email inviting you to join their panel. If you don't respond you will be added to their panel. Be assured your information is only shared with Rare Patient Voice and is treated with the highest degree of confidentiality. If at any time you want to opt-out of receiving invitations to projects you can do so immediately.

If you say no you will not be added to the panel.

Thank you for joining us, if you have questions please contact us.

Greg_WN
WhatNext Community Mgr./Social Media Mgr.
5X Survivor

Hi redfoot1, welcome to WhatNext. I am so very sorry for the reason that you're here - your wife is so young to have been diagnosed with lung cancer!!! But, I'm glad you're here and I'm glad that you've already jumped in with a question. I wish I knew the answer to it - I was treated with Opdivo, a form of immunotherapy for 5 years, but have not experienced Tagrisso. On Opdivo, I had no issues except a thyroid that quit working correctly. Is she only on Tagrisso? What does her oncologist have to say about her nausea? I don't know for sure, but that seems like a relatively rare side effect for immunotherapy. Perhaps they could try either Keytruda or Opdivo and see if she tolerates one of those better.

I would like to introduce you to Lungevity.com as well. This is an organization that is packed with people with lung cancer, including young people. The pandemic is throwing wrenches into their normal operations, but they are very supportive of lung cancer survivors (which we all are from the time we are diagnosed). There is also a specific group called EGFR-Resisters: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EGFRResisters/ There are over 2000 people on this FB page, I presume all of whom have been diagnosed with the EGFR mutation.

Good luck. This is a very supportive and caring site so I hope to see more and more of you here as you go through this experience with your wife. Caregiving is difficult and we are here for you.

Welcome to the WhatNext family! The WhatNext family is made up of people like you who are looking for help or looking to help others. To help you along your journey the WhatNext family has put together a Beginner's Guide to Cancer that I highly recommend you check-out here: http://bit.ly/10BQKCi. Also, please do not hesitate to reach out to others or ask for help.

Wishing you the best.

David
Founder, WhatNexter