Just wanted to say hello and say how great this forum is!! I was diagnosed with Melanoma on my shoulder two years ago, right on the border of Stage I and Stage...
Emilyelei, Thank you so much for your support. I just got home from OKC, OK where I had surgery last Tuesday. They removed a section about 5 x 1 in., near...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( news - web sites) has approved infrared light therapy for treating aches and pains, and some studies have shown wounds...
If it's not the right antidepressant for you, grogginess can be a side. Usually the most common side is impotence. pat It's a blonde life, but somebody has to...
I am new to the group. I am wondering if anyone knows someone like me. I have a stage 3c melanoma. They removed all the lymp nodes in the right groin and ...
I'm half way between 2 and 3. I had 4 lymph nodes removed in my groin but only one was contaminated. I'm on interferon now. Pat Grand Prairie, Tx It's a...
I had this surgery in March 2000. Today I get tested every six months and so far am cancer free. I went on a clinical trial involving a vaccine and then...
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Aug 19, 2002 2:55 pm
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Would you explain what the John Wayne Can-vax is? alley It's a blonde life, but somebody has to live it!...
Sorry, my spelling wrong; it should be lymphedema. This is a chronic post surgery condition that often happens after lymph nodes have been removed. Mine is...
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Aug 20, 2002 3:34 pm
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My girlfriend had all her lymph nodes removed under her arm because of breast cancer and she has constant swelling in it. I think I'm lucky cuz the swelling...
Yep my ankle swells a lot too. When I fly and when I sit too much. I have found that more walking and running and biking reduces it. I have also found that...
John Wayne Hospilital in CA developed a vacinne for Melanoma it contains three strains of melanoma cells that are radiated to kill them. They then inject the...
I thought if lymph nodes were involed you were stage III. I Currently am classified as Stage III C NED (NED=no evidence of decease). How the interferon going...
There's a vaccine trial here in Dallas too, but I don't qualify because I have hep c and did treatment for it in 2000 (which included interferon). Pat / Alley ...
I had to go back to OKC last week due to a staff infection in my incision. They put me on Cipro and it is better. They took the stitches out today and I...
... different ones. The infections hurt like hell. Good luck ... incision. They put me on Cipro and it is better. They took the stitches out today and I...
Precancerous is good news it means having it removed is easy and there will not be any need for wide margin. Hope you continue to get news like that or better...
I hope the good news continue. Watch the scar that is where my reocurrance was found. The swelling is a problem. How active are you. I am really a little...
Thanks rodensir, I appreciate the information. I hope one of these days there will be no need to take anything else off too but that's the beauty of being a...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the melanoma group. File : /Picture...
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Aug 30, 2002 1:34 am
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I've had melanoma since 1989, had a radical lymphadendectomy (however it's spelled) in '96 and recently my ankle just shattered when I was walking. It broke...
