I had surgery on 9/25 to remove an "in-transit" lymph node in my upper left arm that came back positive for melanoma after the biopsy. They also performed another SNLB – took two additional nodes in my upper arm and one more in the traditional armpit location. Surgery was done by Dr. John Stewart at Wake Forest Baptist Health cancer center — seems like a great doctor – very confident, very personal.
Just had my follow-up this morning – PET scan clear, aside from the one bad node, the others came back negative so this is the best news I could have.
I had surgery on 9/25 to remove an "in-transit" lymph node in my upper left arm that came back positive for melanoma after the biopsy. They also performed another SNLB – took two additional nodes in my upper arm and one more in the traditional armpit location. Surgery was done by Dr. John Stewart at Wake Forest Baptist Health cancer center — seems like a great doctor – very confident, very personal.
Just had my follow-up this morning – PET scan clear, aside from the one bad node, the others came back negative so this is the best news I could have.
Doctor originally suggested I consider the Polynoma vaccine trial (POL 103A), but apparently I cannot qualify because my primary was greater than stage 2A. Since I am not interested in the interferon vs ipi trial, we are doing the wait and see approach with a 3 month follow-up.
For those scared of the lymph node biopsy, do not be – 11 days after my surgery, I was pitching batting practice for my son with the same arm I had surgery on. Recovery is not bad at all.
I am ready to beat the beast.
Kevin
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