Hi all, I have had Melanoma since 2006 and thought that it was insitu, well it wasn't in Nov of 2010 it had spread to my forearm from my finger and so far have had 5 surgurys including all my lymph nodes removed under my left arm and was doing pretty good until I had interferon last Feb, made me so sick that I could not continue once I got home. So it was just watch and then the end of this past November had another lump appear on my arm and my surgeon removed it and the report came back Melanoma. He sent me for another Pet Scan, my last one was 6 months prior to that and it was clear.
Hi all, I have had Melanoma since 2006 and thought that it was insitu, well it wasn't in Nov of 2010 it had spread to my forearm from my finger and so far have had 5 surgurys including all my lymph nodes removed under my left arm and was doing pretty good until I had interferon last Feb, made me so sick that I could not continue once I got home. So it was just watch and then the end of this past November had another lump appear on my arm and my surgeon removed it and the report came back Melanoma. He sent me for another Pet Scan, my last one was 6 months prior to that and it was clear. This time it was not clear the cancer has spread to my lungs and am now on my second round of Yervoy. I am so hoping for good results with this drug because I figure this is the only thing that will help me… I am having some itching with this so far and the doctor is very pleased with my progress, such as blood work and chest xray but really don't want to get my hopes up too high. I am trying to research on being Braf Negative but so far haven't had much luck, would someone here be able to help me? I am 68 years old but very active and I feel good , a person would not know that I have this horrible cancer growing inside me. I have been reading alot of posts here and it seems to be a good place to be (not that we want to be here). Thanks
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