My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma last June 2012. He found a lump under his left arm. He had the lymph node removed and it was melanoma. After that they went back in and removed 8 more lymph nodes and they were all negative. He also had a mole removed, the mole was also Melanoma, but they had trouble getting a positive for Melanoma. The biopsy at the office was negative, the positive didn’t come until it was completely removed with the positive lymph node at surgery. All scans were clear at that time. In September he started the intro a.
My husband was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma last June 2012. He found a lump under his left arm. He had the lymph node removed and it was melanoma. After that they went back in and removed 8 more lymph nodes and they were all negative. He also had a mole removed, the mole was also Melanoma, but they had trouble getting a positive for Melanoma. The biopsy at the office was negative, the positive didn’t come until it was completely removed with the positive lymph node at surgery. All scans were clear at that time. In September he started the intro a. And the in January of 2013 he had a reoccurrence in the exact same spot. Since he was taking the treatments we thought it was scar tissue. The Melanoma was directly behind his scar. So, that was removed. It was decided after that to do radiation. So, in March he started his radiation and the day after he finished, he found another lump in the same exact spot and that too is Melanoma. That’s currently where we stand. He had a scan last Friday and we have our follow up appointment this Thursday and I pray it hasn’t spread anywhere else. I guess my first question what’s some other treatments and is this happen a lot? To get Melanoma with taking these treatments? Thanks for the info.
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