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dhrahn

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God is good all the time, even when we don’t understand. My name is Holly and my husband (Dave) of 2 years was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma 6 months after we were married. What a wild ride! He is an incredible, positive, handsome, funny, supportive, loving, strong man (just to name a few things). He has gone through Zelboraf for 10 months, SRS (gamma knife) on brain, orbital and back, and currently doing ipi (just finished 2nd infusion). We have been fortunate to be able to see many different doctors for different opinions. We were supposed to start clinical trial but during the cleansing phase of the Zelboraf the brain and orbital mets popped up and were growing rather quickly so we backed out of trial for now. We have 2 fur kids (dogs). And I am soooo thankful for this website and all the information and support that is available.

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dhrahn

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the patient's wife

Initial Diagnosis Month

July

Initial Diagnosis Year

2008

Stage at Diagnosis

Stage 2

Current Stage

Stage 4