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Skin Cancer
Archives for November 2009
Discussion List
6 year survivor of Stage 3 Melanoma
Hi all, I am new to the discussion board so I would like to give you a little background about my cancer history. I was diagnosed at 17 with melanoma in the form of a mole. It was removed at the time and areas around the mole. In 2003, I have a reoccurance in my lymph nodes under my left arm. One out of four nodes were…
new member with information about recalled intron A
Hi everyone...I'm so glad I found this. Happy Thanksgiving! I've been using intron A here at home for several months. As many of you know it can be pretty brutal at times. Last week I found out that certain "lots" of the kind using the multidose pen have been recalled by the company, Schering. After quite a bit of…
BCC self-treatment
I have been diagnosed with Basal Cell Carcinoma on October 15,2009. A biopsy was taken at that time. The lesion is on the lower part of the nose near the cheek. It was approx. 1 cm circular and looked very ugly with inflammation around it. It was the size of a pencil eraser. I distinctly remember how this tumor developed.…
Interferon question
I just started the maintenance dose of interferon. 18 mu, 3x/week. Here's my issue: my local cancer center pre-fills my syringes for me "under the hood". This kinda worried me, since supposedly, we can fill our own syringes using the drug supplied to us in vials from the manufacturer. So I was a little…
My Story&finding ways to be happy
Hello,My name Is Harley Peters I am a nineteen year old girl young and healthy.I was diagnosed with skin melanoma on Sept.30th 2009.The discovery started while my teacher(I am learning Cosmetology)was combing my hair and clipped a mole on my scalp.It bled and so I immediately went to Urgent Care which then sent me to a…
Observation or Interferon for nodular melanoma stage 3
Dear All, My girl friend is only 29 years old and one months ago she diagnoised with nodular melanoma stage 3. She did what she have to, she had the mole on her chest since she was young, she went to doctor to remove the mole last year March because it change color, and the lab report said is normal, and this year when it…
Pros and Cons of Removing All lymph nodes in the left groin area
I'm a healthy female, married. I was recently diagnosed melanoma and had three sentinel lymph nodes removed from the groin area of my left leg for biopsy test. the result came out that one node was positive and the other two were negtive. My surgeon recommended to have the complete lymph node dissection to removed all the…
Melanoma - My Battle Rages On
MELANOMA – Do You REALLY Know What It Is?? Melanoma. If you have even heard the word before, the first thing you probably think of is skin cancer. No big deal right? WRONG!!! It doesn't take Melanoma long to become deadly. It is one of the most aggressive cancers there is. There is NO CURE. The only sure treatment is…