Kim41

Hello Jenny,so sorry for your diagnosis and the loss of your son. I too am stage 3a with just a few cells in the sentinel lymph node. I chose watch and wait and have been Ned since diagnosis November 2011.  I almost decided to do the interferon because I was just so scared of not fighting it. I did my own research on the studies done and that's how I made my choice. There are options now to choose. Good luck and prayers sent your way. Stay strong. 

Kim

Hello Jenny,so sorry for your diagnosis and the loss of your son. I too am stage 3a with just a few cells in the sentinel lymph node. I chose watch and wait and have been Ned since diagnosis November 2011.  I almost decided to do the interferon because I was just so scared of not fighting it. I did my own research on the studies done and that's how I made my choice. There are options now to choose. Good luck and prayers sent your way. Stay strong. 

Kim

Hello Jenny,so sorry for your diagnosis and the loss of your son. I too am stage 3a with just a few cells in the sentinel lymph node. I chose watch and wait and have been Ned since diagnosis November 2011.  I almost decided to do the interferon because I was just so scared of not fighting it. I did my own research on the studies done and that's how I made my choice. There are options now to choose. Good luck and prayers sent your way. Stay strong. 

Kim

I agree with many of the other posts. I remember feeling like it was a death sentence and the anxiety was overwhelming. It just takes time and it gets easier and as time goes on you will spend less time thinking or worrying about it. I guess when I realized that what is to happen will happen no matter how much time I spend fretting over it. I just hate that every ache and pain you have at first you think it could be Melanoma returning. Just remember we all have aches and pains. I always give it some time and they go away. I was diagnosed stage 3a 2011 and have been NED ever since. I have had some scares with PET scans but all turned out to be nothing. It will get better, but I so much remember just how your feeling. Good thoughts sent your way.   Kim

I agree with many of the other posts. I remember feeling like it was a death sentence and the anxiety was overwhelming. It just takes time and it gets easier and as time goes on you will spend less time thinking or worrying about it. I guess when I realized that what is to happen will happen no matter how much time I spend fretting over it. I just hate that every ache and pain you have at first you think it could be Melanoma returning. Just remember we all have aches and pains. I always give it some time and they go away. I was diagnosed stage 3a 2011 and have been NED ever since. I have had some scares with PET scans but all turned out to be nothing. It will get better, but I so much remember just how your feeling. Good thoughts sent your way.   Kim

I agree with many of the other posts. I remember feeling like it was a death sentence and the anxiety was overwhelming. It just takes time and it gets easier and as time goes on you will spend less time thinking or worrying about it. I guess when I realized that what is to happen will happen no matter how much time I spend fretting over it. I just hate that every ache and pain you have at first you think it could be Melanoma returning. Just remember we all have aches and pains. I always give it some time and they go away. I was diagnosed stage 3a 2011 and have been NED ever since. I have had some scares with PET scans but all turned out to be nothing. It will get better, but I so much remember just how your feeling. Good thoughts sent your way.   Kim