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Patrice Aminati Says Crushing Side Effects Kept Her Awake

Her late-night Instagram post sheds light on the strain of palliative treatment after scans showed some metastases not responding and doctors added radiotherapy plus a new drug in September.

Overview

  • In a 2:58 a.m. Instagram Story on Sunday, Aminati wrote that “erdrückende Nebenwirkungen” left her sleepless and summarized her state as “pain. fear. endure. hold on.”
  • She remains in palliative care for metastatic melanoma first diagnosed in spring 2023 with treatment focused on controlling disease and easing symptoms rather than curing it.
  • An MRI in summer 2026 showed some metastases were not responding well, prompting additional radiotherapy to target those lesions.
  • Rising tumor markers in September led doctors to add another systemic medication while Aminati reported mixed signals, including one small under‑skin metastasis that had shrunk.
  • Aminati leans on family support and public sharing as coping tools—she described a family candle‑lighting and prayer gathering and continues to alternate frank updates about setbacks with posts of small, uplifting moments.