Update on my Dad - input welcome!
Hey guys just wanted to give a little update on my Dad's lung cancer journey and see if anyone had any thoughts on his progress. Ideas and inputs greatly appreciated! - Diagnosed with stage 3c lung adenocarcinoma July 2025 - Started keto diet, ivermectin 1mg/kg daily and fenbendazole 400mg a few weeks later - Felt strong, good appetite able to walk 2-3km per day, weight 75kg - August 2025 - seen by oncology team in Melbourne and offered 'palliative' chemo and immunotherapy, not eligible for radiation or surgery due to mets to mediastinum and supraclavicular lymph nodes - Had one dose of carboplatin and keytruda September 2025 - 10 days later admitted to hospital with severe liver dysfunction (enzymes around 1000), presumed autoimmune hepatitis due to keytruda (liver pre treatment was fine) - Commenced high dose steroids and mycophenolate with gradual recovery of liver - Ceased fenbendazole as every time we reintroduced it the liver function worsened. No further immunotherapy of chemo - Continued keto diet (gki 2-5 mostly), ivermectin and gradually added in some other supplements - metformin, berberine, melatonin, quercetin, Artemissinin, ECGC, mebendazole (now 100mg daily), TUDCA, silymarin, vit d with k, Resveratrol - Gradual weight loss since September 2025, down to 60kg - January 2026 finally got off the steroids - January 2026 developed diarrhoea - diagnosed with microscopic colitis presumed due to keytruda from september, ?previously suppressed due to steroids. Required hospital admission for high dose steroids and fluids - No improvement in diarrhoea until infusion of infliximab, now settled and weaning steroids again - Feb 2026 also started IV vitamin C 2ish times per week, can only do 30mg due to problems with the salt load - Ongoing weight loss 56kg, very fatigued and weak, struggling with appetite, out of keeping with improvement in colitis The good news in all of this is that the cancer has been relatively stable on every scan since metabolic therapy and chemo/immuno. Much to the surprise of his oncologist considering he only had one dose of chemo and immuno.