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- May 16, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Hi,
I was diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma October 2010. It was in my left thumb which was amputated; the melanoma had gone to the lymph nodes under my left armpit and those nodes were removed. I was pronounced cancer free. Six months later, lesions started showing up in my left lung and in July 2011 and after a biopsy, was found to have cancer in my lung. I had Avastin and Temodar for two months and the cancer grew in my left lung and was also found in three other places . February 2012 I started Yervoy Ipilimumab) infusions. I was able to tolerate all four infusions. This drug targets the immune system which in turn targets the cancer. Yervoy has a lot of side effects and I did end up with significant neuropathy in my feet and hands. I will probably be taking systemic corticoscosteriods to help with the immune-medicated neuropathy. I, too, was at stage 3 when the acral lentiginous melanoma was diagnosed, and am now stage 4. Hope this helps. Good luck
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- May 16, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Hi,
I was diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma October 2010. It was in my left thumb which was amputated; the melanoma had gone to the lymph nodes under my left armpit and those nodes were removed. I was pronounced cancer free. Six months later, lesions started showing up in my left lung and in July 2011 and after a biopsy, was found to have cancer in my lung. I had Avastin and Temodar for two months and the cancer grew in my left lung and was also found in three other places . February 2012 I started Yervoy Ipilimumab) infusions. I was able to tolerate all four infusions. This drug targets the immune system which in turn targets the cancer. Yervoy has a lot of side effects and I did end up with significant neuropathy in my feet and hands. I will probably be taking systemic corticoscosteriods to help with the immune-medicated neuropathy. I, too, was at stage 3 when the acral lentiginous melanoma was diagnosed, and am now stage 4. Hope this helps. Good luck
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- May 16, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Hi,
I was diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma October 2010. It was in my left thumb which was amputated; the melanoma had gone to the lymph nodes under my left armpit and those nodes were removed. I was pronounced cancer free. Six months later, lesions started showing up in my left lung and in July 2011 and after a biopsy, was found to have cancer in my lung. I had Avastin and Temodar for two months and the cancer grew in my left lung and was also found in three other places . February 2012 I started Yervoy Ipilimumab) infusions. I was able to tolerate all four infusions. This drug targets the immune system which in turn targets the cancer. Yervoy has a lot of side effects and I did end up with significant neuropathy in my feet and hands. I will probably be taking systemic corticoscosteriods to help with the immune-medicated neuropathy. I, too, was at stage 3 when the acral lentiginous melanoma was diagnosed, and am now stage 4. Hope this helps. Good luck
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