Melanoma Research Foundation | BillMFl | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/billmfl/activity/ Activity feed for BillMFl. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:22:45 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 363a61c37ee307a8f16de51b1a4d6c65 BillMFl replied to the topic Newly diagnose, confused and scared in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/newly-diagnose-confused-and-scared/#post-279110 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:56:39 -0400 Good for you Nichole! I lean towards being proactive vs wait and see. Good luck and post any future results etc.

]]> 1ede345b9718689af8ee4a85fef37ed5 BillMFl replied to the topic Large ALM on heel sole, left untreated for long in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/large-alm-on-heel-sole-left-untreated-for-long/#post-279109 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:59:07 -0400 In general the depth of the lesion is more critical than the diameter. But usually the larger the diameter the greater the likelihood it has penetrated beneath the top layer of skin and into where it can more easily spread. I could throw more technical lingo at you, but that should come from his doctor. ALM is less common but not all that rare.…Read more

]]> 65c6f8864994dfca12f3d0800e36ec53 BillMFl replied to the topic Updates to the Patient Forum! in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/updates-to-the-patient-forum/#post-279108 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:27:21 -0400 I was active here for many years. Had the privilege of meeting many fellow patients in person especially at get together that were sponsored by the MRF back in the old days. Years ago I was volunteer of the year at Moffit Cancer Center and organized patient support group get together. I hope this board is able to rebuild to the level it used to…Read more

]]> f93abb7c3f412950f4afa8f627892933 BillMFl replied to the topic Recent stage 1a melanoma diagnosis in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/recent-stage-1a-melanoma-diagnosis/#post-279107 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:08:30 -0400 Hey I had my first mm dx like yours over 20 years ago. A second a little deeper 10 years ago. Good for you to catch it early and have it removed! Just do self exams and keep your appointments with your derm on a regular basis. Your odds for complete recovery on this one are virtually 100%. And now that you know what to look for you should be good…Read more

]]> 4c02c449d7174b777f9ff98cc275f93c BillMFl replied to the topic Newly diagnose, confused and scared in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/newly-diagnose-confused-and-scared/#post-279055 Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:08:11 -0400 Good luck with your decision! I am very conservative and prefer a needle biopsy as a first step. Not a pleasant experience but can eliminate “false” positives. Many others are more comfortable using the heaviest “hammer” from the getgo. It is more likely for distant Mets to first appear in a sentinel node but truth be told mm has the ability to…Read more

]]> 571739362ba4e18a28c3ae5e9ab014ac BillMFl replied to the topic MPIP friends in Maui in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/mpip-friends-in-mauaimy/#post-279027 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:25:13 -0400 A note to anyone who might remember me. Still having frequent biopsies but mostly have been early basal and squamous. Generally in good health. On my third pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome. Main problem now I was dx of early stage alzheimers! Oddly my long term memory is very good but short term is not. Oh ya, I also survived prostrate cancer.…Read more

]]> 438935ee4e4fe03ed4480eb7dfbca1f8 BillMFl started the topic MPIP friends in Maui in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/mpip-friends-in-mauaimy/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:07:15 -0400 Been a long time since I have posted. 2 mms over the years. Both superficial spreading a few years apart. No reoccurance. Lucky me. Also prostate cancer survivor. Lucky again. I have been watching the news about the horrible fire on Maui. A long term friend on here lives there and had a shop she owned right by the Harbour area. My wife and I had…Read more

]]> 9a299798ab29e65e6a83d9d2d544b963 BillMFl replied to the topic Return of an old timer here in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/return-of-an-old-timer-here/#post-276936 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 18:23:26 -0400 Thank you for your kind words! My time at Moffit was from late 2000 until about 2006. The melanoma clinic shared a small area with the brain cancer clinic. I was able to get a mm lab researcher and a top oncologist to speak at a MRF symposium held in Jacksonville. Do not remember their names but the mm oncologist moved on to the major mm research…Read more

]]> c386d12cb04de9db1b27fd217c8021b1 BillMFl started the topic Return of an old timer here in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/return-of-an-old-timer-here/ Sat, 02 Jul 2022 22:58:47 -0400 So it has been quite a long time from the early days here. I do recognize Bubbles! And she is quite the survivor! My history was a long process dealing with so many basal and squamous cell skin cancers that I no longer remember how many. The good news about that was that learned a great deal about spotting and evaluating my new lesions as they…Read more

]]> d3d2149704b2bfe47ca6f907a9fc50c0 BillMFl started the topic Congrats Cyn in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/congrats-cyn/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:07:36 -0400 Nice pics, nice couple!!!   Love your boat. Here's to fair winds and happy sailing for you guys. 🙂

Nice pics, nice couple!!!   Love your boat. Here's to fair winds and happy sailing for you guys. 🙂

]]> 959fd004e6e8185e5b01c9c9b9780d30 BillMFl started the topic Earl mostly missed us in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/earl-mostly-missed-us/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:00:37 -0400 All we got was some good rain and medium wind. Took the boat out of the water just to be safe.  The storm had weakened a lot before it got up to us. Hope those further south got by ok.

All we got was some good rain and medium wind. Took the boat out of the water just to be safe.  The storm had weakened a lot before it got up to us. Hope those…Read more

]]> 4c63f9d463c005be591e74c189b4ac1a BillMFl started the topic East Coast Hurricane? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/east-coast-hurricane-2/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:01:02 -0400 Wow!!! If Earl slides right up the coast a very large percentage of the nations population coud be heavily effected.  A cat 3 or 4 centered right along the coast would cause huge problems for a lot of big cities including DC.  And the tail og the dog (coastal Maine) could be wagged pretty hard.

Wow!!! If Earl slides right up the coast a very…Read more

]]> 77080c9faa0c0dba7189c84de2a22b61 BillMFl started the topic East Coast Hurricane? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/east-coast-hurricane/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:53 -0400 Wow!!! If Earl slides right up the coast a very large percentage of the nations population coud be heavily effected.  A cat 3 or 4 centered right along the coast would cause huge problems for a lot of big cities including DC.  And the tail og the dog (coastal Maine) could be wagged pretty hard.

Wow!!! If Earl slides right up the coast a very…Read more

]]> 9ac2064ae791ab9b787700dd73ecf77d BillMFl started the topic Deflation in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/deflation/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:26:32 -0400 Been really busy boating, eating lobster and avoiding politics.  Concerned about what I see as a deepening economic state of stagnation. Following the disasterous and extremely costly wars, I fully expected a period of stagnation and inflation like that which followed the Vietnam war.  Looks different this time. The trillions of dollars thrown…Read more

]]> 101d509e69305095e227755876b90dcc BillMFl started the topic Captain Bill vs Moby Dick in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/captain-bill-vs-moby-dick/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:08:20 -0400 So I've been very busy on the boat. Finally finished reading Moby Dick and now am reading War and Peace. Thought I saw Moby Dick in person, but it was only a delusion (image of Dan T belly up on an inner tube, not a pretty site). So I've peeked in a few time (hi Josey) but just been way to busy to post. Not sure I like the new format but what the…Read more

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