Colleen68

I had a suspicious mole removed 11-9-11 which turned out to be melanoma that had 1 cell actively dividing during a look under the microscope.  The dermatologist I saw was Dr. John Ferguson at Physicians Clinic.  He referred me to Dr. George Dittrick, at Estabrook Cancer Center, an Oncology Surgeon specializing in melanoma and other cancers.  I was in to see the surgeon on 11-21-11 and was scheduled for surgery 12-13-11 per my choice.  I could have been in sooner.  I had to have a wide excisional biopsy at the site where the mole was removed and sentinal lymph node mapping and biopsy.  I received the clean biopsy results on 12-16-11. 

I live outside of Omaha, but only about 20 minutes away.  I thought that the office personel and nursing staff were great and Dr. Dittrick explained everything to me.  Right now I don't remember the staging of the melanoma, but unless something else occurs, only surgical treatment needed. 

I had a suspicious mole removed 11-9-11 which turned out to be melanoma that had 1 cell actively dividing during a look under the microscope.  The dermatologist I saw was Dr. John Ferguson at Physicians Clinic.  He referred me to Dr. George Dittrick, at Estabrook Cancer Center, an Oncology Surgeon specializing in melanoma and other cancers.  I was in to see the surgeon on 11-21-11 and was scheduled for surgery 12-13-11 per my choice.  I could have been in sooner.  I had to have a wide excisional biopsy at the site where the mole was removed and sentinal lymph node mapping and biopsy.  I received the clean biopsy results on 12-16-11. 

I live outside of Omaha, but only about 20 minutes away.  I thought that the office personel and nursing staff were great and Dr. Dittrick explained everything to me.  Right now I don't remember the staging of the melanoma, but unless something else occurs, only surgical treatment needed. 

I had a suspicious mole removed 11-9-11 which turned out to be melanoma that had 1 cell actively dividing during a look under the microscope.  The dermatologist I saw was Dr. John Ferguson at Physicians Clinic.  He referred me to Dr. George Dittrick, at Estabrook Cancer Center, an Oncology Surgeon specializing in melanoma and other cancers.  I was in to see the surgeon on 11-21-11 and was scheduled for surgery 12-13-11 per my choice.  I could have been in sooner.  I had to have a wide excisional biopsy at the site where the mole was removed and sentinal lymph node mapping and biopsy.  I received the clean biopsy results on 12-16-11. 

I live outside of Omaha, but only about 20 minutes away.  I thought that the office personel and nursing staff were great and Dr. Dittrick explained everything to me.  Right now I don't remember the staging of the melanoma, but unless something else occurs, only surgical treatment needed.