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- November 16, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I just got back and had to settle and relax a bit,my blood pressure is at stroke level and I needed to take my blood pressure pills.I thought I would fly home this afternoon but the plane was booked out so tomorrow Im off to see my children who I miss dearly.
Dr.Francis told me that the depth level goes more then 1.0 mm this the need for Sentinel Node BIOPSY .
ON MY PATHOLOGY report it was depth level 1.25 and clarks level 4..he say because its more then 1.0mm I need to have this done looking for the positive nodes.
Therefore he wants to send me to The Heart Center to have a Nuclear Medicine scan where he puts the dye in and he can see where he can operate and remove them.& where the incision is the nodes all from my neck,armpit to my groin has to be looked at. This is time consuming.
He give me appt for two weeks to get this done…the surgery is free [public]but the scan is a thousand dollars at the Heart Center.
Im thinking suppose there is nothing there to find? Then I will be living with the consequences of this procedure. He says blood tests nor catscan will not show what he needs to see.
This decision to come back will have to be for the 30th Nov.2012 otherwise I wont get in until after the new year.
Im going home..Im going to change my diet completely find everything that’s organic,or vit and minerals that fights cancer and pray for complete healing.
then again if I dont do it I will be in turmoil..
Can anyone of you tell me how the SNB affected you?
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- November 18, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I wanted to add what else the doctor had said..that only the dye scan is needed and he cant use c-scan-bloodwork,I asked him to do this.He also said he is not a specialist in melanoma but he knows enough to operate,scan etc.I just finished reading on this site that some doctors have all these scans done looking for melanoma in the body..see he works a public clinic and a private one.Right now I bet hes just wanting the money for the dye injection scan which is in his office and as a public doc he does surgery free..
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- November 18, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I wanted to add what else the doctor had said..that only the dye scan is needed and he cant use c-scan-bloodwork,I asked him to do this.He also said he is not a specialist in melanoma but he knows enough to operate,scan etc.I just finished reading on this site that some doctors have all these scans done looking for melanoma in the body..see he works a public clinic and a private one.Right now I bet hes just wanting the money for the dye injection scan which is in his office and as a public doc he does surgery free..
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- November 18, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I wanted to add what else the doctor had said..that only the dye scan is needed and he cant use c-scan-bloodwork,I asked him to do this.He also said he is not a specialist in melanoma but he knows enough to operate,scan etc.I just finished reading on this site that some doctors have all these scans done looking for melanoma in the body..see he works a public clinic and a private one.Right now I bet hes just wanting the money for the dye injection scan which is in his office and as a public doc he does surgery free..
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- November 16, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I just got back and had to settle and relax a bit,my blood pressure is at stroke level and I needed to take my blood pressure pills.I thought I would fly home this afternoon but the plane was booked out so tomorrow Im off to see my children who I miss dearly.
Dr.Francis told me that the depth level goes more then 1.0 mm this the need for Sentinel Node BIOPSY .
ON MY PATHOLOGY report it was depth level 1.25 and clarks level 4..he say because its more then 1.0mm I need to have this done looking for the positive nodes.
Therefore he wants to send me to The Heart Center to have a Nuclear Medicine scan where he puts the dye in and he can see where he can operate and remove them.& where the incision is the nodes all from my neck,armpit to my groin has to be looked at. This is time consuming.
He give me appt for two weeks to get this done…the surgery is free [public]but the scan is a thousand dollars at the Heart Center.
Im thinking suppose there is nothing there to find? Then I will be living with the consequences of this procedure. He says blood tests nor catscan will not show what he needs to see.
This decision to come back will have to be for the 30th Nov.2012 otherwise I wont get in until after the new year.
Im going home..Im going to change my diet completely find everything that’s organic,or vit and minerals that fights cancer and pray for complete healing.
then again if I dont do it I will be in turmoil..
Can anyone of you tell me how the SNB affected you?
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- November 16, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I just got back and had to settle and relax a bit,my blood pressure is at stroke level and I needed to take my blood pressure pills.I thought I would fly home this afternoon but the plane was booked out so tomorrow Im off to see my children who I miss dearly.
Dr.Francis told me that the depth level goes more then 1.0 mm this the need for Sentinel Node BIOPSY .
ON MY PATHOLOGY report it was depth level 1.25 and clarks level 4..he say because its more then 1.0mm I need to have this done looking for the positive nodes.
Therefore he wants to send me to The Heart Center to have a Nuclear Medicine scan where he puts the dye in and he can see where he can operate and remove them.& where the incision is the nodes all from my neck,armpit to my groin has to be looked at. This is time consuming.
He give me appt for two weeks to get this done…the surgery is free [public]but the scan is a thousand dollars at the Heart Center.
Im thinking suppose there is nothing there to find? Then I will be living with the consequences of this procedure. He says blood tests nor catscan will not show what he needs to see.
This decision to come back will have to be for the 30th Nov.2012 otherwise I wont get in until after the new year.
Im going home..Im going to change my diet completely find everything that’s organic,or vit and minerals that fights cancer and pray for complete healing.
then again if I dont do it I will be in turmoil..
Can anyone of you tell me how the SNB affected you?
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- November 13, 2012 at 1:45 pm
I am seeing this doctor on friday,I dont know if he is a melanoma specialist but he is a oncologist surgeon,and the doc who referred me to him said would decide what needs to be done..um I beg to differ with that statement..I am not having any nodes removed,they will have to send my blood to be tested.In 2010 the surgeon removed many from my organs during an hysterectomy this could be the cause of why I feel so lathargic. Im prepared for this event should he say he needs to do these biopsies.But my mind is future surfing so Im seeking peace and strength to get through the next few days. I need to go back to the island Im from to take care of my daughter,should I get bad news I will come back. I live in the Bahamas.The oncologists have a clinic he in Nassau. -
- November 13, 2012 at 1:45 pm
I am seeing this doctor on friday,I dont know if he is a melanoma specialist but he is a oncologist surgeon,and the doc who referred me to him said would decide what needs to be done..um I beg to differ with that statement..I am not having any nodes removed,they will have to send my blood to be tested.In 2010 the surgeon removed many from my organs during an hysterectomy this could be the cause of why I feel so lathargic. Im prepared for this event should he say he needs to do these biopsies.But my mind is future surfing so Im seeking peace and strength to get through the next few days. I need to go back to the island Im from to take care of my daughter,should I get bad news I will come back. I live in the Bahamas.The oncologists have a clinic he in Nassau. -
- November 13, 2012 at 1:45 pm
I am seeing this doctor on friday,I dont know if he is a melanoma specialist but he is a oncologist surgeon,and the doc who referred me to him said would decide what needs to be done..um I beg to differ with that statement..I am not having any nodes removed,they will have to send my blood to be tested.In 2010 the surgeon removed many from my organs during an hysterectomy this could be the cause of why I feel so lathargic. Im prepared for this event should he say he needs to do these biopsies.But my mind is future surfing so Im seeking peace and strength to get through the next few days. I need to go back to the island Im from to take care of my daughter,should I get bad news I will come back. I live in the Bahamas.The oncologists have a clinic he in Nassau. -
- November 13, 2012 at 1:44 pm
I am seeing this doctor on friday,I dont know if he is a melanoma specialist but he is a oncologist surgeon,and the doc who referred me to him said would decide what needs to be done..um I beg to differ with that statement..I am not having any nodes removed,they will have to send my blood to be tested.In 2010 the surgeon removed many from my organs during an hysterectomy this could be the cause of why I feel so lathargic. Im prepared for this event should he say he needs to do these biopsies.But my mind is future surfing so Im seeking peace and strength to get through the next few days. I need to go back to the island Im from to take care of my daughter,should I get bad news I will come back. I live in the Bahamas.The oncologists have a clinic he in Nassau. -
- November 13, 2012 at 1:44 pm
I am seeing this doctor on friday,I dont know if he is a melanoma specialist but he is a oncologist surgeon,and the doc who referred me to him said would decide what needs to be done..um I beg to differ with that statement..I am not having any nodes removed,they will have to send my blood to be tested.In 2010 the surgeon removed many from my organs during an hysterectomy this could be the cause of why I feel so lathargic. Im prepared for this event should he say he needs to do these biopsies.But my mind is future surfing so Im seeking peace and strength to get through the next few days. I need to go back to the island Im from to take care of my daughter,should I get bad news I will come back. I live in the Bahamas.The oncologists have a clinic he in Nassau. -
- November 13, 2012 at 1:44 pm
I am seeing this doctor on friday,I dont know if he is a melanoma specialist but he is a oncologist surgeon,and the doc who referred me to him said would decide what needs to be done..um I beg to differ with that statement..I am not having any nodes removed,they will have to send my blood to be tested.In 2010 the surgeon removed many from my organs during an hysterectomy this could be the cause of why I feel so lathargic. Im prepared for this event should he say he needs to do these biopsies.But my mind is future surfing so Im seeking peace and strength to get through the next few days. I need to go back to the island Im from to take care of my daughter,should I get bad news I will come back. I live in the Bahamas.The oncologists have a clinic he in Nassau. -
- October 11, 2012 at 10:20 pm
I just read yall's conversation..and thats what everybody says oh just eat right ,eat the immune building foods and the cancer will go away..gee not even getting knowledge about it & just believe what others say and take it as the gospel truth,thats how it is on the island i live,more people have died of cancer on this little island over the past 10 years.Money couldnt save them,eating right couldnt save them.My aunt passed away a year ago.She was a woman that ate all the right healthy foods,the homeopathic foods and meds,exercised..many years she lived this way..until her leg began to hurt and the doctors sent her to florida where she found out she had a tumor on her thigh and lung cancer,they say the lung cancer come from the radiation from having mammograms[is this right?}cause she never smoked. they wanted to begin chemo and when they told her that she couldnt be aroiund her grandchildren with germs cause it would threaten her health rather immune system..she decided to go to hippocrates health institute and eat greens and stuff she lived 18 months longer then the chemo doctors said she would but she was miserable she wanted to eat bahamian foods and shed cry over all that..im saying all this to point out..that she spent thousands on her health all my life of knowing her and she be's the one to get cancer and die..cancer is no respector of persons..we just got to deal with it the best we can and believe me I know it isnt easy…if i wasnt on anti depressants i would have done gone crazy..
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- October 11, 2012 at 10:20 pm
I just read yall's conversation..and thats what everybody says oh just eat right ,eat the immune building foods and the cancer will go away..gee not even getting knowledge about it & just believe what others say and take it as the gospel truth,thats how it is on the island i live,more people have died of cancer on this little island over the past 10 years.Money couldnt save them,eating right couldnt save them.My aunt passed away a year ago.She was a woman that ate all the right healthy foods,the homeopathic foods and meds,exercised..many years she lived this way..until her leg began to hurt and the doctors sent her to florida where she found out she had a tumor on her thigh and lung cancer,they say the lung cancer come from the radiation from having mammograms[is this right?}cause she never smoked. they wanted to begin chemo and when they told her that she couldnt be aroiund her grandchildren with germs cause it would threaten her health rather immune system..she decided to go to hippocrates health institute and eat greens and stuff she lived 18 months longer then the chemo doctors said she would but she was miserable she wanted to eat bahamian foods and shed cry over all that..im saying all this to point out..that she spent thousands on her health all my life of knowing her and she be's the one to get cancer and die..cancer is no respector of persons..we just got to deal with it the best we can and believe me I know it isnt easy…if i wasnt on anti depressants i would have done gone crazy..
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- October 11, 2012 at 10:20 pm
I just read yall's conversation..and thats what everybody says oh just eat right ,eat the immune building foods and the cancer will go away..gee not even getting knowledge about it & just believe what others say and take it as the gospel truth,thats how it is on the island i live,more people have died of cancer on this little island over the past 10 years.Money couldnt save them,eating right couldnt save them.My aunt passed away a year ago.She was a woman that ate all the right healthy foods,the homeopathic foods and meds,exercised..many years she lived this way..until her leg began to hurt and the doctors sent her to florida where she found out she had a tumor on her thigh and lung cancer,they say the lung cancer come from the radiation from having mammograms[is this right?}cause she never smoked. they wanted to begin chemo and when they told her that she couldnt be aroiund her grandchildren with germs cause it would threaten her health rather immune system..she decided to go to hippocrates health institute and eat greens and stuff she lived 18 months longer then the chemo doctors said she would but she was miserable she wanted to eat bahamian foods and shed cry over all that..im saying all this to point out..that she spent thousands on her health all my life of knowing her and she be's the one to get cancer and die..cancer is no respector of persons..we just got to deal with it the best we can and believe me I know it isnt easy…if i wasnt on anti depressants i would have done gone crazy..
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