Melanoma Research Foundation | boatski | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/boatski/activity/ Activity feed for boatski. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:30:29 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8f2ff00a636d9774a3bf685806e5f636 boatski replied to the topic Marijuana when not on immunotherapy? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/marijuana-when-not-on-immunotherapy/#post-279945 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:04:37 -0500 As in your Oncologist is opposed or you are opposed? Thanks for the reply.

]]> 142f16f98f0fc55f28f62e24a5ccceef boatski started the topic Marijuana when not on immunotherapy? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/marijuana-when-not-on-immunotherapy/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:29:27 -0500 Hi all,

So I recently read the two research articles showing pretty grim results for thc and immunotherapy. I’m staged 2b, with a very high liklihood of recurrence. I’m a few years out, but still try to do the things that seems to help with recurrence, though the research is fairly scant here.

I have fairly recently started using some low dose…Read more

]]> 014bfc48b7c6b5df29639433db56c97e boatski started the topic CT Confusion - long wait til next steps and worried in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/ct-confusion-long-wait-til-next-steps-and-worried/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:04:46 -0400 I don’t know how you longer-timers endure the wait. I panic when weird things show up on my CT. Brief background, 2b (ear, ulcerated, amelanotic, high mitotic rate) about 2 years ago. I have scans next week but last week I ended up in the ER with severe stomach pains. Received a CT of Abdomen. No liver mets – which was what I was worried about,…Read more

]]> 4b6202055d523416ecf1233a94880284 boatski replied to the topic Melanoma to lung? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/melanoma-to-lung/#post-274536 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 01:11:16 -0400 I’m sure someone with a lot more knowledge than myself will chime in. Until then Lung melanoma can look like anything. My understanding is that it is more likely to be a single met rather than multiple, but that’s by no means a rule. I recently had ground glass nodules that they considered as a possibility of melanoma but it didn’t turn out to be…Read more

]]> 81983ef3825173a819d9ea1e4f273139 boatski replied to the topic Scalp Melanoma in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/scalp-melanoma-3/#post-274535 Sat, 17 Apr 2021 23:29:23 -0400 I had mel on my ear and had lymph nodes removed from my neck. The injection stung, but didn’t last long at all. My experience was not what I was expecting at all. With all the nerves being moved around I didnt experience any pain at all post operation. Just numbness that has taken almost a year for most of it to go away. I never even took a pain…Read more

]]> 2a09c831ba781c06437ea45f56697de9 boatski started the topic Distant Skin Mets a thing? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/distant-skin-mets-a-thing/ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:57:59 -0400 Hi all,

Long story short I’m a high risk 2b with a nodular amelanotic taken off my ear 13 months ago. I’ve had some scares since then, but nothing has turned out to be mel. I’ve got crazy skin that is both sensitive and has countless weird moles. Everything they take off seems to come back as mild/moderate atypia. My spouse pointed out a very…Read more

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