“micro-metastatic melanoma as a single cell cannot be ruled out.”

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    • October 24, 2015 at 10:23 am
    stuartw
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      I had a 1.3mm melanoma removed from my back along with 2 sentinel lymph node biopsies (August 2015). After two labs reviewed the results of the biopsy they found scattered positive cells in one lymph node and wrote "micro-metastatic melanoma as a single cell cannot be ruled out."

       

      They said the this has to be considered Stage IIIa but they would NOT recommend chemotherapy or radiation therapy and probably not even immunotherapy except on a clinical trial. I got a Pet scan to be used as a comparison for the series of cat scans I will be getting over the next 3 years (every six months) and then annually. 

      I need to talk to anyone who is in the same situation cause I am scared and freaking out and feel completely alone. 

       

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        • October 24, 2015 at 1:21 pm
        geriakt
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          Stuart,

          Do not freak out.  I am in the same boat as you. I am level IIIB.  I am doing my best to stay positive and do my best to get on with life. The way I look at it is I have an illness and I have do everything my Drs and my faith tell me to do.  I still go out with all my friends and in between being tired a lot.

          Like you I did not get Chemo or Interferon, but I did get on a clinical trial to get one year of infusions of Yervoy or Opdivo.  I have had 5 infusions so far. I even got a port put in to so I am not stuck in my arm any more.

          It is just something I need to do. I am at a 50/50 chance of the cancer returning so I am not willing to just sit there and do nothing about it.

          Tom

          • October 24, 2015 at 1:21 pm
          geriakt
          Participant

            Stuart,

            Do not freak out.  I am in the same boat as you. I am level IIIB.  I am doing my best to stay positive and do my best to get on with life. The way I look at it is I have an illness and I have do everything my Drs and my faith tell me to do.  I still go out with all my friends and in between being tired a lot.

            Like you I did not get Chemo or Interferon, but I did get on a clinical trial to get one year of infusions of Yervoy or Opdivo.  I have had 5 infusions so far. I even got a port put in to so I am not stuck in my arm any more.

            It is just something I need to do. I am at a 50/50 chance of the cancer returning so I am not willing to just sit there and do nothing about it.

            Tom

            • October 24, 2015 at 1:21 pm
            geriakt
            Participant

              Stuart,

              Do not freak out.  I am in the same boat as you. I am level IIIB.  I am doing my best to stay positive and do my best to get on with life. The way I look at it is I have an illness and I have do everything my Drs and my faith tell me to do.  I still go out with all my friends and in between being tired a lot.

              Like you I did not get Chemo or Interferon, but I did get on a clinical trial to get one year of infusions of Yervoy or Opdivo.  I have had 5 infusions so far. I even got a port put in to so I am not stuck in my arm any more.

              It is just something I need to do. I am at a 50/50 chance of the cancer returning so I am not willing to just sit there and do nothing about it.

              Tom

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