Hey y'all. I need your help – this is all I can do not to "lose it"!
Just got scan results back from my 21 month anniversary – and showing 7mm spot on my spleen. A review of CT done 3 months ago revealed spot that has almost doubled in size. Docs are making me hold out another 8 weeks for a PET due to the size. All I can do to not go absolutely bonkers in the next two months, try as I might to "ignore" the possibilities and stick to my usual, positive self. Sent a request for ultrasound if maybe that will confirm something other than melanoma mets. Any helpful info or a supporting note is super appreciated. Extending my love and support to all in your continued journey.
Ever grateful to be here, Sara.
History: I was diagnosed with Stage 3b Melanoma in late September 2016, two weeks after celebrating my 31st birthday. The cancer was found after that mysterious lump turned out to be a 3cm metastasis to the lymph nodes. About a week later, the dermatologist reported the culprit was a small mole found on my lower leg.
After undergoing surgery to remove 15 lymph nodes in my groin and another golf-ball sized chunk of my calf, I began drug treatment in January 2017 (immunotherapy) under the Keytruda clinical trial program at UCSD Moore’s Cancer Center. While the trial was supposed to last a year, I made it through treatment until the end of April 2017, when my liver decided the toxicity from the drug was affecting my body too strongly.
Since then, I've been on a holistic regimen of an anti-inflammatory diet, yoga, travel and basically anything to be out enjoying life and keeping stress levels low. I receive scans every 3 months (brain MRI and chest/abd/pelvis CT), and a PET once a year.
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