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Cheers Mark. Also super helpful. We’re in Vancouver BC Canada. My mother moved here to be closer to my newborn son in June, and I happen to live a 15 minute walk to the cancer agency here.

The surgeon has kept her in hospital (after cancelling the surgery when the tumour grew so quickly) until she gets an appointment with the cancer clinic. I’m not sure how to make sure it’s a melanoma specialist to be honest (up here we go where we are referred typically) but I will inquire once we have a contact.
We are so hopeful she has radiation at least for comfort as this tumour has caused immense pain in her back. It’s left upper lobe. (the team has struggled to manage it but we’re hopeful the complex pain team can prescribe a long acting pain drug tomorrow)
Massive thanks for taking the time to comment and here’s to hoping she’s BRAF positive.

Thank you so much.
She actually was referred immediately to a thoracic surgeon. We keep hearing he is one of the best. A team of surgeons reviewed her case and deemed it too unsafe to operate and needs to be shrunk pre surgery.

The problem is her pain is climbing everyday. We all wish they cut it out when they found it, but the surgeon didn’t think it was melanoma from the CT so they waited over the holidays and it doubled in size. I think in her head it’s growing so that can’t help. Anyways must keep looking forward and staying positive.

Thanks again.

Thank you so much. This is all very encouraging. She’s awaiting the genetic test and then will await an appointment at the cancer center here. Thanks for taking the time to help us!

Thank you so much. This is all very encouraging. She’s awaiting the genetic test and then will await an appointment at the cancer center here. Thanks for taking the time to help us!

Celeste. You are my hero. Thank you for taking the time to read and reply. You have given me so much hope that I will convey to my mom. This is exactly what she needs to hear right now. We’re very lucky to be close to a cancer center – now we wait for them to call and get these treatments going. Please accept the most heartfelt thanks and virtual hug from all of us. Your generosity to a complete stranger is unbelievable.

Ed – thank you so much for this information and for taking the time out of your Saturday to help a stranger. I can’t convey how helpful it is to learn this. I found the video very helpful too. All the best and massive thanks