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    • December 5, 2018 at 5:32 pm
    MarkR
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    After a few rounds of Ipi / Nivo I was taken off treatment due to adverse side effects and moved to watch and wait as I had a partial response on the first follow up scans. And the docs think this is likely to continue.

    About a year ago during a neck ultrasound for an enlarged lymph node that turned out OK, they found a thyroid nodule that was suspicious for thyroid cancer.  I had FNA’s and a Thallium test that suggested it was benign but then it gre a bit so the plan was to remove.  Due to the melanoma this was delayed until a few weeks ago when I had half my thyroid removed.  Results today showed a benign nodule but containing both a 3mm and 1mm spit of melanoma.  This was totally unexpected and I now have to wait til the 18th to see the oncology team after my next set of scans next week.

    I was pretty confident about these scans before as the mass in my arm feels either stable or a little smaller, but not quite so sure now!!

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      • December 8, 2018 at 1:42 am
      lkb
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      Long waits are a big suck! I didn't know a nodule could contain melanoma without being melanoma. I sure hope your arm mass has shrunk and that the onc team will have a good plan for dealing with the "spits".

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