I am sorry to hear of your daughter's disease progression during current treatments. I have not been on these boards in forever, and I am not familiar with your daughters history, but I am a 14 year stage III/IV melanoma survivor. I was 29 when oriignally diagnosed stage III. Two years later it went to my lungs to make me stage IV. My last scan showing disease and treatement was over 10 years ago. It is scary, and maddening, and feels hopeless, but I am living proof that treatments CAN work despite some grim statistics. Since diagnosis I have gotten married and currently have two daughters in 1st and 2nd grade. My heart goes out to other young cancer fighters and their families as I remember what it feels like to not only be fighting this horrible disease, but be doing it at a relatively young age. It can be very lonely even when surrounded by people who love you because no one your age can relate to what you are going through. I use to chuckle I was ALWAYS the youngest patient in my onc's waiting room by a good 25+ years! Let her, and yourself get angry, and grieve, and then get a plan in place and tackle it. If it doesn't work, find something new. There is so much more out there now than even when I went through treatments. My doctors also use to say "We just have to keep you alive long enough to find the next best thing in treatment for melanoma". I am old now ;), but if she wants to chat I would be happy to do so. Keep us posted and positive thoughts she finds the magic combo to get those tumors halted.
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