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      • May 18, 2011 at 5:16 am
      betsy
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      On my husband's path report post surgery, it states his primary tumor was melanoma arising from blue nevus.  They took a long time over it to be sure that it was, indeed, melanoma.  My understanding is that it is rare for a blue nevus to become melanoma, but it happens.  He had the lump for 13 years after a needle biopsy came back as a simple lipoma, or fatty tumor, so it had been there a long time.  When it 'changed' or became melanoma, we'll never know.

      • May 18, 2011 at 5:16 am
      betsy
      Participant

      On my husband's path report post surgery, it states his primary tumor was melanoma arising from blue nevus.  They took a long time over it to be sure that it was, indeed, melanoma.  My understanding is that it is rare for a blue nevus to become melanoma, but it happens.  He had the lump for 13 years after a needle biopsy came back as a simple lipoma, or fatty tumor, so it had been there a long time.  When it 'changed' or became melanoma, we'll never know.

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:25 am
      betsy
      Participant

      Primary depth was not .26 but 26! 

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:25 am
      betsy
      Participant

      Primary depth was not .26 but 26! 

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:25 am
      betsy
      Participant

      Primary depth was not .26 but 26! 

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:19 am
      betsy
      Participant

      Also, as a word of encouragement, the roller coaster was wild for awhile for us, also.  Ron had scans at 3 months, 6 months, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 3 and 4 years.  The 'without warning' sounds familiar.  Take heart, take care, and blessings…

      Betsy

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:19 am
      betsy
      Participant

      Also, as a word of encouragement, the roller coaster was wild for awhile for us, also.  Ron had scans at 3 months, 6 months, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 3 and 4 years.  The 'without warning' sounds familiar.  Take heart, take care, and blessings…

      Betsy

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:19 am
      betsy
      Participant

      Also, as a word of encouragement, the roller coaster was wild for awhile for us, also.  Ron had scans at 3 months, 6 months, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 3 and 4 years.  The 'without warning' sounds familiar.  Take heart, take care, and blessings…

      Betsy

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:16 am
      betsy
      Participant

      It is the doctor, and I do trust him.  I'm getting past the initial fritz out, and what they told us makes sense…to have something as large and deep as his was, having multiple nodes affected and matted, the expectation is recurrence before too long.  For smaller tumors and different circumstances, it can 'sleep' a long time (this is my uneducated way of putting it); large and deep, maybe not so much, so to go this long is highly reassuring to the doctors, as well as Ron and I.

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:16 am
      betsy
      Participant

      It is the doctor, and I do trust him.  I'm getting past the initial fritz out, and what they told us makes sense…to have something as large and deep as his was, having multiple nodes affected and matted, the expectation is recurrence before too long.  For smaller tumors and different circumstances, it can 'sleep' a long time (this is my uneducated way of putting it); large and deep, maybe not so much, so to go this long is highly reassuring to the doctors, as well as Ron and I.

      • April 20, 2013 at 2:16 am
      betsy
      Participant

      It is the doctor, and I do trust him.  I'm getting past the initial fritz out, and what they told us makes sense…to have something as large and deep as his was, having multiple nodes affected and matted, the expectation is recurrence before too long.  For smaller tumors and different circumstances, it can 'sleep' a long time (this is my uneducated way of putting it); large and deep, maybe not so much, so to go this long is highly reassuring to the doctors, as well as Ron and I.

      • February 16, 2013 at 9:29 pm
      betsy
      Participant
      I appreciate the feedback. Currently, we see Dr. Daud and have dr. Leong as our surgeon. I don’t want to change–there’s too much at stake. We’ll have to figure out a way.

      Thanks to both of you for your answers.

      • February 16, 2013 at 9:29 pm
      betsy
      Participant
      I appreciate the feedback. Currently, we see Dr. Daud and have dr. Leong as our surgeon. I don’t want to change–there’s too much at stake. We’ll have to figure out a way.

      Thanks to both of you for your answers.

      • February 16, 2013 at 9:29 pm
      betsy
      Participant
      I appreciate the feedback. Currently, we see Dr. Daud and have dr. Leong as our surgeon. I don’t want to change–there’s too much at stake. We’ll have to figure out a way.

      Thanks to both of you for your answers.

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