Julie May

Well, after the initial round of pathology work which showed nothing, they've done genetic testing and the particular marker genes are mutated which apparently definitely means melanoma. I will learn more as this process unfolds. Of course, I hope they are wrong — and my daughter was misdiagnosed completely with a different horror when she was 6 — so it can happen. I'm not counting on it, though. Just trying to surf this and working on framing it for her when I tell her on Sunday before our Monday appointment. Thank you again.

Well, after the initial round of pathology work which showed nothing, they've done genetic testing and the particular marker genes are mutated which apparently definitely means melanoma. I will learn more as this process unfolds. Of course, I hope they are wrong — and my daughter was misdiagnosed completely with a different horror when she was 6 — so it can happen. I'm not counting on it, though. Just trying to surf this and working on framing it for her when I tell her on Sunday before our Monday appointment. Thank you again.

Well, after the initial round of pathology work which showed nothing, they've done genetic testing and the particular marker genes are mutated which apparently definitely means melanoma. I will learn more as this process unfolds. Of course, I hope they are wrong — and my daughter was misdiagnosed completely with a different horror when she was 6 — so it can happen. I'm not counting on it, though. Just trying to surf this and working on framing it for her when I tell her on Sunday before our Monday appointment. Thank you again.

Thanks very much for the name. Dr. Leboit at UCSF did all the pathology. We have an appointment with Dr. Kashani at CPMC for Monday. If that doesn't seem like the right path, I'll see if we can see Dr. Boris Bastian at UCSF. Thanks again to everyone who responded to me. It feels like hands held out to me in the darkness.

Thanks very much for the name. Dr. Leboit at UCSF did all the pathology. We have an appointment with Dr. Kashani at CPMC for Monday. If that doesn't seem like the right path, I'll see if we can see Dr. Boris Bastian at UCSF. Thanks again to everyone who responded to me. It feels like hands held out to me in the darkness.

Thanks very much for the name. Dr. Leboit at UCSF did all the pathology. We have an appointment with Dr. Kashani at CPMC for Monday. If that doesn't seem like the right path, I'll see if we can see Dr. Boris Bastian at UCSF. Thanks again to everyone who responded to me. It feels like hands held out to me in the darkness.

Thanks very much for the recommendation!

Thanks very much for the recommendation!

Thanks very much for the recommendation!

Thanks very much for your advice. I've taken notes and now we are just waiting on our doctor visit on Monday. I am calmer now and have some idea of what questions to ask.

Thanks very much for your advice. I've taken notes and now we are just waiting on our doctor visit on Monday. I am calmer now and have some idea of what questions to ask.

Thanks very much for your advice. I've taken notes and now we are just waiting on our doctor visit on Monday. I am calmer now and have some idea of what questions to ask.

Thank you, Gary, I appreciate your feedback. My daughter is strong and otherwise in perfect health, so I just pray it was caught early. I am going to do my best to frame it kind of one step at a time — hey, when they did that further testing on your mole it turns out that it was one of the bad kind, so we're going to see a specialist in San Francisco to get the rest of it taken out, and they might run some other tests too.

Thank you, Gary, I appreciate your feedback. My daughter is strong and otherwise in perfect health, so I just pray it was caught early. I am going to do my best to frame it kind of one step at a time — hey, when they did that further testing on your mole it turns out that it was one of the bad kind, so we're going to see a specialist in San Francisco to get the rest of it taken out, and they might run some other tests too.

Thank you, Gary, I appreciate your feedback. My daughter is strong and otherwise in perfect health, so I just pray it was caught early. I am going to do my best to frame it kind of one step at a time — hey, when they did that further testing on your mole it turns out that it was one of the bad kind, so we're going to see a specialist in San Francisco to get the rest of it taken out, and they might run some other tests too.