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Thanks Janner.. wow, so good to hear your successful experience with Melanoma..  hearing stories and advice like this makes me feel so much better and hopeful.  I just might need to talk to a doc about the "anxiety help".. I am an anxious person to begin with so this just has put me above and beyond… 

Thanks again!  Cindy

Thanks Janner.. wow, so good to hear your successful experience with Melanoma..  hearing stories and advice like this makes me feel so much better and hopeful.  I just might need to talk to a doc about the "anxiety help".. I am an anxious person to begin with so this just has put me above and beyond… 

Thanks again!  Cindy

Carol,

Thanks so much for replying…  Glad to hear that you are doing well since your diagnosis!  Yeah, I am beating myself up for ever tanning, for ever not using sunscreen, etc. etc.. but you are right hindsight is 20/20 and I am trying to look forward and realize this is not a "death sentence"…  This has just been a VERY rough week.. scariest week in my life actually.. if that makes sense.

Thanks again!

Cindy

Carol,

Thanks so much for replying…  Glad to hear that you are doing well since your diagnosis!  Yeah, I am beating myself up for ever tanning, for ever not using sunscreen, etc. etc.. but you are right hindsight is 20/20 and I am trying to look forward and realize this is not a "death sentence"…  This has just been a VERY rough week.. scariest week in my life actually.. if that makes sense.

Thanks again!

Cindy

Hi Shelley,

Wow – our situation does sound similar!  Yeah.. my back scar is about that size…  but the brusing from the SLN is even worse I think lol..  I wish he never would have said anything about the lymphnode.. because now I am thinking the worst, as you can imagine.  It could have been something as simple as shaving my arms the night before, ya know?  I am trying to be hopeful.  The first thing my friend, who went through the same situation, said was "Don't look on the internet".. so what do you think the first thing I did was lol?  Thanks so much Shelley and I will let you all know how I make out and won't disappear even if it's negative.  This has just opened my eyes up to how serious Melanoma really is!

Cindy

Hi Shelley,

Wow – our situation does sound similar!  Yeah.. my back scar is about that size…  but the brusing from the SLN is even worse I think lol..  I wish he never would have said anything about the lymphnode.. because now I am thinking the worst, as you can imagine.  It could have been something as simple as shaving my arms the night before, ya know?  I am trying to be hopeful.  The first thing my friend, who went through the same situation, said was "Don't look on the internet".. so what do you think the first thing I did was lol?  Thanks so much Shelley and I will let you all know how I make out and won't disappear even if it's negative.  This has just opened my eyes up to how serious Melanoma really is!

Cindy

Hi Shelley,

Wow – our situation does sound similar!  Yeah.. my back scar is about that size…  but the brusing from the SLN is even worse I think lol..  I wish he never would have said anything about the lymphnode.. because now I am thinking the worst, as you can imagine.  It could have been something as simple as shaving my arms the night before, ya know?  I am trying to be hopeful.  The first thing my friend, who went through the same situation, said was "Don't look on the internet".. so what do you think the first thing I did was lol?  Thanks so much Shelley and I will let you all know how I make out and won't disappear even if it's negative.  This has just opened my eyes up to how serious Melanoma really is!

Cindy

Hi Shelley,

Wow – our situation does sound similar!  Yeah.. my back scar is about that size…  but the brusing from the SLN is even worse I think lol..  I wish he never would have said anything about the lymphnode.. because now I am thinking the worst, as you can imagine.  It could have been something as simple as shaving my arms the night before, ya know?  I am trying to be hopeful.  The first thing my friend, who went through the same situation, said was "Don't look on the internet".. so what do you think the first thing I did was lol?  Thanks so much Shelley and I will let you all know how I make out and won't disappear even if it's negative.  This has just opened my eyes up to how serious Melanoma really is!

Cindy

Hi Shelley,

Wow – our situation does sound similar!  Yeah.. my back scar is about that size…  but the brusing from the SLN is even worse I think lol..  I wish he never would have said anything about the lymphnode.. because now I am thinking the worst, as you can imagine.  It could have been something as simple as shaving my arms the night before, ya know?  I am trying to be hopeful.  The first thing my friend, who went through the same situation, said was "Don't look on the internet".. so what do you think the first thing I did was lol?  Thanks so much Shelley and I will let you all know how I make out and won't disappear even if it's negative.  This has just opened my eyes up to how serious Melanoma really is!

Cindy

Hi Shelley,

Wow – our situation does sound similar!  Yeah.. my back scar is about that size…  but the brusing from the SLN is even worse I think lol..  I wish he never would have said anything about the lymphnode.. because now I am thinking the worst, as you can imagine.  It could have been something as simple as shaving my arms the night before, ya know?  I am trying to be hopeful.  The first thing my friend, who went through the same situation, said was "Don't look on the internet".. so what do you think the first thing I did was lol?  Thanks so much Shelley and I will let you all know how I make out and won't disappear even if it's negative.  This has just opened my eyes up to how serious Melanoma really is!

Cindy

Hotel Melanoma..  hehe… def. not my first choice check in.. but I am here lol.  Thanks..  Hearing that you are here and healthy makes me feel much better and give me hope!  I def. don't feel alone after visiting here today.  I guess I have to take things as they come – but just the fact that I had to visit an Oncologists has just turned my world upside down…  Nice to meet ya!

Cindy

Hotel Melanoma..  hehe… def. not my first choice check in.. but I am here lol.  Thanks..  Hearing that you are here and healthy makes me feel much better and give me hope!  I def. don't feel alone after visiting here today.  I guess I have to take things as they come – but just the fact that I had to visit an Oncologists has just turned my world upside down…  Nice to meet ya!

Cindy

Hotel Melanoma..  hehe… def. not my first choice check in.. but I am here lol.  Thanks..  Hearing that you are here and healthy makes me feel much better and give me hope!  I def. don't feel alone after visiting here today.  I guess I have to take things as they come – but just the fact that I had to visit an Oncologists has just turned my world upside down…  Nice to meet ya!

Cindy

Hotel Melanoma..  hehe… def. not my first choice check in.. but I am here lol.  Thanks..  Hearing that you are here and healthy makes me feel much better and give me hope!  I def. don't feel alone after visiting here today.  I guess I have to take things as they come – but just the fact that I had to visit an Oncologists has just turned my world upside down…  Nice to meet ya!

Cindy

Hi Erin…

Yes, what a way to meet, huh? LOL..  but it really is helping today that I am talking to all of you guys.. I have never cried so much in my life as I have been since last week.  I cried before the WLE and SLN.. I cried in the recovery.. I cry at home.. I cry at work.. I cry in the car..  and the paranoia.. now I think everything is Cancer.  My husband, friends and family have all been great but I keep getting "Everything will be alright".. and maybe I shouldn't be thinking this way but I keep thinking "Well what is everything is not alright".. it's so crazy.. def. didn't think at the beginning of the summer that I would be ending the summer like this.  I would love to talk to you more and thanks again for writing. 

Cindy