Pearl1578

Update to my post…..U/S came back on Thyroid and now I need and FNA biopsy….Blood work came back good. How long must I wait for these results….

Thank you for checking on me! It has been a whirlwind month. I ended up getting second opinion from The City of Hope. I am having a local wide excision on Tuesday at COH. April 11th. Still so many unknowns until surgery. 

I also have thyroid cancer and was told that is slow growing and need to get the melanoma taken care of first. 

So scared as I have never really been sick during my lifetime. My faith is keeping me sane but as the date gets closer my mind goes into overdrive. 

i will post again after Tuesday. Prayers for everyone here and together we are stronger!

Pamela

Thank you so much for all the information….I read the path report yesterday and the biopsy showed maliganant melanoma and the melanoma reaches the edges of the sample no clear margins. Seeing my surgeon on Friday to schedule surgery. The area is in the middle of my back of course the only area with no fat…hahaha they are talking about grafting skin and I will have a sentinel node biopsy.

I guess this is the next part of the waiting period. Do they remove nodes at the time of this surgery is positive? 

I will post more on Friday after my meeting as I am sure I will have questions.

Are they any questions I can ask now of the surgeon other than the obvious.

Blessing to you all that have replied, it does help ease the stress!