The likelihood of a concurrent dual cancer diagnosis is pretty low. It's not totally unheard of… but really unlikely. How was the stage IV melanoma diagnosis confirmed? I assume there was a biopsy at some point, and the docs aren't just taking a stabbing guess that what has metastisized is melanoma versus ovarian cancer. What the CT is showing on your ovaries might indeed be melanoma. IF that is the case, the drugs you are currently on, would be effective on that. It is also entirely possible, that you have cystic ovaries which are completely benign. I have corpus luteum cysts….. and for some odd reason… I get them only on my right ovary. Soooo… with my CT's, we've never seen them on the left side, and will only spot them if my CT has been within a week to 10 days of egg release. I also have an asymptomatic cyst of unknown origin on the tail of my pancreas. It has been there since my first ever CT in April 2013. We know it isn't melanoma, as the Keytruda very effectively cleared me of melanotic lesions, yet this cyst remains. Without CT's, people are walking around with God knows what growing in their body. It only becomes frightening, when we have a CT for other reasons, and suddenly see these "things" we would never have otherwise known were there! Eventually, you (and your docs) learn what is "normal" for YOUR body images, and what should be watched more closely.
As for me… Yes, I am doing well. Thank you for asking. : ) April 12th will mark 4 years since I had a grand mal seizure, and we discovered the brain mets that led to the jump from 2007's stage 1a diagnosis, to 2013's stage IV metastatic. Current scans of brain and body have been looking "my normal".
Try not to worry too much about those ovaries. You'll have a better idea of what's going on after another set or two of CT's. : )
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