nancywright

I have had ALM also, having the lesion removed from the side of my foot in 1988 with a skin graft.  It was a Level III at that time and I was given  5-10% chance of surviving past 5 years.  The lesion had uclerated. I also had breast cancer two years earlier, having double mastectomies 6 weeks apart.  I did well for 11 years at which time I had a nodule in my leg removed.  It recurred again in 2003 with tumor in the thigh.  I've had approx 20+ surgeries due to cancer which includes the breast cancer, with it recurring 6 1/2 years later and also uterine cancer as a result of taking tamoxifen for the breast cancer.  I had several positive lymph nodes ( Metastatic Melanoma )  removed from 2003 to 2005 which included some in the groin area and also at the top of my spine. In  2008, I had 3 tumors removed from the thigh of which two were up against the bone and they were not able to get all of the cells.  Because of that, I was given 30 radiation treatments which evidently helped, because it has not recurred in that area as of today.  In 2010, I had another surgery because a metastatic melanoma tumor had wrapped around the aorta of my heart, grown into 2 vertebrae, and into the lower left lung.  Also another tumor that had grown into the lower part of my rib cage.  They removed the 2 vertebrae, lower left lung, and peeled the tumor off of the aorta.  The other tumor was removed and part of the rib cage also.  I now have a lesion showing in the top part of my left lung and I'm scheduled to have a brain CT scan next Tuesday in Nashville.  I do not have the BRAF gene.   I'm 67 years old and looking at me, one would never know that I've been through 3 types of cancer.  The melanoma research doctor at Vanderbilt told me a couple of years ago that I had already lived much longer than any there thought I would.  The only explanation I have is that Our Creator has been exceptionally good to me.  I walk 30 minutes daily, eat healthy and stay busy.  I'm thankful that I have my children reared and that I have seen 4 lovely grandchildren.  Keep your trust in God.  Ps. 50:15 – " Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."  I give God the glory for my being alive today. 

I have had ALM also, having the lesion removed from the side of my foot in 1988 with a skin graft.  It was a Level III at that time and I was given  5-10% chance of surviving past 5 years.  The lesion had uclerated. I also had breast cancer two years earlier, having double mastectomies 6 weeks apart.  I did well for 11 years at which time I had a nodule in my leg removed.  It recurred again in 2003 with tumor in the thigh.  I've had approx 20+ surgeries due to cancer which includes the breast cancer, with it recurring 6 1/2 years later and also uterine cancer as a result of taking tamoxifen for the breast cancer.  I had several positive lymph nodes ( Metastatic Melanoma )  removed from 2003 to 2005 which included some in the groin area and also at the top of my spine. In  2008, I had 3 tumors removed from the thigh of which two were up against the bone and they were not able to get all of the cells.  Because of that, I was given 30 radiation treatments which evidently helped, because it has not recurred in that area as of today.  In 2010, I had another surgery because a metastatic melanoma tumor had wrapped around the aorta of my heart, grown into 2 vertebrae, and into the lower left lung.  Also another tumor that had grown into the lower part of my rib cage.  They removed the 2 vertebrae, lower left lung, and peeled the tumor off of the aorta.  The other tumor was removed and part of the rib cage also.  I now have a lesion showing in the top part of my left lung and I'm scheduled to have a brain CT scan next Tuesday in Nashville.  I do not have the BRAF gene.   I'm 67 years old and looking at me, one would never know that I've been through 3 types of cancer.  The melanoma research doctor at Vanderbilt told me a couple of years ago that I had already lived much longer than any there thought I would.  The only explanation I have is that Our Creator has been exceptionally good to me.  I walk 30 minutes daily, eat healthy and stay busy.  I'm thankful that I have my children reared and that I have seen 4 lovely grandchildren.  Keep your trust in God.  Ps. 50:15 – " Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."  I give God the glory for my being alive today. 

I have had ALM also, having the lesion removed from the side of my foot in 1988 with a skin graft.  It was a Level III at that time and I was given  5-10% chance of surviving past 5 years.  The lesion had uclerated. I also had breast cancer two years earlier, having double mastectomies 6 weeks apart.  I did well for 11 years at which time I had a nodule in my leg removed.  It recurred again in 2003 with tumor in the thigh.  I've had approx 20+ surgeries due to cancer which includes the breast cancer, with it recurring 6 1/2 years later and also uterine cancer as a result of taking tamoxifen for the breast cancer.  I had several positive lymph nodes ( Metastatic Melanoma )  removed from 2003 to 2005 which included some in the groin area and also at the top of my spine. In  2008, I had 3 tumors removed from the thigh of which two were up against the bone and they were not able to get all of the cells.  Because of that, I was given 30 radiation treatments which evidently helped, because it has not recurred in that area as of today.  In 2010, I had another surgery because a metastatic melanoma tumor had wrapped around the aorta of my heart, grown into 2 vertebrae, and into the lower left lung.  Also another tumor that had grown into the lower part of my rib cage.  They removed the 2 vertebrae, lower left lung, and peeled the tumor off of the aorta.  The other tumor was removed and part of the rib cage also.  I now have a lesion showing in the top part of my left lung and I'm scheduled to have a brain CT scan next Tuesday in Nashville.  I do not have the BRAF gene.   I'm 67 years old and looking at me, one would never know that I've been through 3 types of cancer.  The melanoma research doctor at Vanderbilt told me a couple of years ago that I had already lived much longer than any there thought I would.  The only explanation I have is that Our Creator has been exceptionally good to me.  I walk 30 minutes daily, eat healthy and stay busy.  I'm thankful that I have my children reared and that I have seen 4 lovely grandchildren.  Keep your trust in God.  Ps. 50:15 – " Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."  I give God the glory for my being alive today.