I am a lung cancer survivor just at 5 years. Now I have been diagnosed with rectal melanoma. I had two tumors removed with apparently clean margins but the melanoma has appeared in my liver and a very small lesion in my lung. The liver biopsy confirmed the melanoma diagnoses and is not a lung cancer spread.
My oncologist has recommended treatment with Temador and Thalidomide taken my mouth. They are to be taken together. I have not been able to start treatment yet because the insurance company has not approved the prescription for the Temador.
Have any of you with a melanoma diagnoses tried the treatment and what has been the experience with the insurance companies?
Any information would be very helpful to me.