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    • October 13, 2011 at 2:54 pm
    fdess056
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      January 2010 showed by Doc a large freckle on my forehead.  He totally dismissed it.  8 months later it looked like  a mole & was dry and itchy.  Dermatologist diagnosed stage 3C Dec 2010.  Had surgery to remove mole, positive parotid gland and 16 lymph nodes (2 positive)   Had radiation and Interferon.  After 22 months cancer free, recent PET showed melanoma in left tibia near knee.  Had stereotactic radiation surgery 2 weeks ago.  Waiting for next PET in December and BRAF results.    Being treated at North

      January 2010 showed by Doc a large freckle on my forehead.  He totally dismissed it.  8 months later it looked like  a mole & was dry and itchy.  Dermatologist diagnosed stage 3C Dec 2010.  Had surgery to remove mole, positive parotid gland and 16 lymph nodes (2 positive)   Had radiation and Interferon.  After 22 months cancer free, recent PET showed melanoma in left tibia near knee.  Had stereotactic radiation surgery 2 weeks ago.  Waiting for next PET in December and BRAF results.    Being treated at North Shore LIJ/Monter Cancer Center. 

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        • October 13, 2011 at 3:44 pm
        jim Breitfeller
        Participant

          You might want to start buliding a "Melanoma Care Team" around you. I would go see Dr. Jedd Wolchok at Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. If not, Jump across the sound and see Dr. Mario Sznol at Yale.

          You want Melanoma Specialists on your Team!!!

          Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
          Director, Immunotherapy Clinical Trials, Dept of Medicine
           

          Associate Attending Physician, Melanoma-Sarcoma Service
          Associate Director, LudwigCenterfor Cancer Immunotherapy
          Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
          1275 York Avenue, Room Z-1462
          New York, NY 10021
          Phone: +1 646 888 2395
          e-mail: [email protected]

          Mario Sznol, MD

          203) 785-4191 – Appointment Phone
          (203) 785-3788 – Appointment Fax
          (203) 785-6221 – Office Phone

          [email protected]

          I wish you all the best

           

          Jimmy B  an ex-Long Islander

          • October 13, 2011 at 3:44 pm
          jim Breitfeller
          Participant

            You might want to start buliding a "Melanoma Care Team" around you. I would go see Dr. Jedd Wolchok at Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. If not, Jump across the sound and see Dr. Mario Sznol at Yale.

            You want Melanoma Specialists on your Team!!!

            Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
            Director, Immunotherapy Clinical Trials, Dept of Medicine
             

            Associate Attending Physician, Melanoma-Sarcoma Service
            Associate Director, LudwigCenterfor Cancer Immunotherapy
            Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
            1275 York Avenue, Room Z-1462
            New York, NY 10021
            Phone: +1 646 888 2395
            e-mail: [email protected]

            Mario Sznol, MD

            203) 785-4191 – Appointment Phone
            (203) 785-3788 – Appointment Fax
            (203) 785-6221 – Office Phone

            [email protected]

            I wish you all the best

             

            Jimmy B  an ex-Long Islander

            • October 13, 2011 at 3:44 pm
            jim Breitfeller
            Participant

              You might want to start buliding a "Melanoma Care Team" around you. I would go see Dr. Jedd Wolchok at Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. If not, Jump across the sound and see Dr. Mario Sznol at Yale.

              You want Melanoma Specialists on your Team!!!

              Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD
              Director, Immunotherapy Clinical Trials, Dept of Medicine
               

              Associate Attending Physician, Melanoma-Sarcoma Service
              Associate Director, LudwigCenterfor Cancer Immunotherapy
              Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
              1275 York Avenue, Room Z-1462
              New York, NY 10021
              Phone: +1 646 888 2395
              e-mail: [email protected]

              Mario Sznol, MD

              203) 785-4191 – Appointment Phone
              (203) 785-3788 – Appointment Fax
              (203) 785-6221 – Office Phone

              [email protected]

              I wish you all the best

               

              Jimmy B  an ex-Long Islander

              • October 13, 2011 at 11:55 pm
              BethA in VA
              Participant

                Very sorry to hear of the Stage 4 diagnosis.  Good luck with any follow up treatments (from a MM speacialist).  Don't give up…there are lots of people still here after the trauma of a bad diagnosis.    BethA    3/B

                • October 13, 2011 at 11:55 pm
                BethA in VA
                Participant

                  Very sorry to hear of the Stage 4 diagnosis.  Good luck with any follow up treatments (from a MM speacialist).  Don't give up…there are lots of people still here after the trauma of a bad diagnosis.    BethA    3/B

                  • October 13, 2011 at 11:55 pm
                  BethA in VA
                  Participant

                    Very sorry to hear of the Stage 4 diagnosis.  Good luck with any follow up treatments (from a MM speacialist).  Don't give up…there are lots of people still here after the trauma of a bad diagnosis.    BethA    3/B

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