In the Book Surviving Mucosal Melanoma and Immunotherapy Encephalitis: My Journey Body and Soul: It’s my no-frills story about living with one of the toughest cancers out there. Hidden inside, symptoms get ignored as nothing serious till it’s too late. I went through six surgeries, brain spread, chemo, radiation, then immunotherapy that backfired with encephalitis. A whole month of wild hallucinations, delusions, memory wipe, paranoia. Pat, my wife, fought for me every day. We put both views here: my inner nightmare and what she really saw. Bottom line? Hold onto hope. Don’t stop. Keep fighting. Someone makes it through, and life can turn around after hell.