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      • August 23, 2015 at 3:48 am
      jaricha4
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        I've been dealing with Melanoma a long time and cannot tell you the right or wrong thing, but I will tell you what I do.  I have a regular dermatologist that follows me and that I see every 3 months.  I have have Stage IV, and two Stage 1's, along with basal cell since I was 14, and I am now 32.  I like my regular dermatolgist because he can seek out everything that is necessary on an exam.  There is nothing that he can't do that a surgical oncologist cannot., including removing abnormal looking moles.  I do see one every 6 months to do my xrays and exam.  I have a long history, so it may not be typical, but I find that I am more comfortable with my dermatolgist than the larger cancer hospital I go to.  

        • August 23, 2015 at 3:48 am
        jaricha4
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          I've been dealing with Melanoma a long time and cannot tell you the right or wrong thing, but I will tell you what I do.  I have a regular dermatologist that follows me and that I see every 3 months.  I have have Stage IV, and two Stage 1's, along with basal cell since I was 14, and I am now 32.  I like my regular dermatolgist because he can seek out everything that is necessary on an exam.  There is nothing that he can't do that a surgical oncologist cannot., including removing abnormal looking moles.  I do see one every 6 months to do my xrays and exam.  I have a long history, so it may not be typical, but I find that I am more comfortable with my dermatolgist than the larger cancer hospital I go to.  

          • August 23, 2015 at 3:48 am
          jaricha4
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            I've been dealing with Melanoma a long time and cannot tell you the right or wrong thing, but I will tell you what I do.  I have a regular dermatologist that follows me and that I see every 3 months.  I have have Stage IV, and two Stage 1's, along with basal cell since I was 14, and I am now 32.  I like my regular dermatolgist because he can seek out everything that is necessary on an exam.  There is nothing that he can't do that a surgical oncologist cannot., including removing abnormal looking moles.  I do see one every 6 months to do my xrays and exam.  I have a long history, so it may not be typical, but I find that I am more comfortable with my dermatolgist than the larger cancer hospital I go to.  

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