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Re: Was Just told I had this

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    Kevin from Atlanta
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      Your doctor is not abanding you but making sure you see the right people. Onocologist that deal mostly with melanoma. At the minimum surgery to remove the cancer and perhaps some of the surrounding lymph nodes. The staging will dictate the treatments. Fear of the unkown is always stressful and unfortunitly it will worsen as it get closer to the results. Please let us know the results.

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