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      • September 22, 2017 at 5:12 pm
      oconnorr
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        Thanks, Connie! I don't have Facebook but this is a good reason sign up. 

        Rachelle

        • May 8, 2017 at 3:06 am
        oconnorr
        Participant

          Or I could have said- one thing you are grateful to have known when he was first diagnosed. Same question, I guess.

          • May 8, 2017 at 2:58 am
          oconnorr
          Participant

            Thank you thank you!  He is not being seen at a major center, but I'm working on it- I found a melanoma specialist in my city and called them for a second opinion. It's he expense he's worried about, and navigating the insurance hurdles that come along with trying to go out of network. It can be such a cold system.

            May I ask, if there was one think you wish you had known in order to be more proactive when your dad was first diagnosed, what would it have been?

            • May 8, 2017 at 3:01 am
            oconnorr
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              Thank you for the encouragement and the link! I took down some notes to bring to his appointment with an oncologist tomorrow.  And the blog is fascinating, thanks for the reference. It's nice not to feel alone.

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