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MACK under the knife

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      • August 30, 2010 at 10:02 pm
      MACK under the knife
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        Hey John

         

        I want to thank you for the reality Check. Since my first and second posts and the replys left I now have taken the time to learn about this beast and have gotten some good advise from people like yourself. I hope all goes well tomorrow. I am heading to MD Anderson on Thursday and Have an APPT with Doctor Weber. The Tumor in my neck has grown now to the size of a lemon but from what I have read this is small compared to others. I hope I can help others in the journey into this as all of you have helped me get my head into the right place and take control.

         

        Thanks and Godspeed

         

        Mac Under the Knife

        • August 30, 2010 at 10:02 pm
        MACK under the knife
        Participant

          Hey John

           

          I want to thank you for the reality Check. Since my first and second posts and the replys left I now have taken the time to learn about this beast and have gotten some good advise from people like yourself. I hope all goes well tomorrow. I am heading to MD Anderson on Thursday and Have an APPT with Doctor Weber. The Tumor in my neck has grown now to the size of a lemon but from what I have read this is small compared to others. I hope I can help others in the journey into this as all of you have helped me get my head into the right place and take control.

           

          Thanks and Godspeed

           

          Mac Under the Knife

          • August 26, 2010 at 4:35 am
          MACK under the knife
          Participant

            Well thanks everybody. They are not sure if a mole removed from next to my ear years ago that was said to be clean hand cancer. The doctors are asking for the pathology reports. I keep reading all this stuff and I just realized that I forgot to add that I also suffer from Ulcerative colitis. I have been on Remicade for almost 8 years. Now this is just another thing in the string. I face everything with a positive outlook but the doctor I had made it difficult. He broke the news over the phone and when I questioned why he got irrate saying he knew what was best for me and I should just listen. Then nothing for several days. I have now been contacted by MDA and will go the sept 2nd. I am happy and nervous. I want this out of my body and I want to know what I can do to keep it gone

             

            Sounds like it will come back but this is a fight I intend to we

             

            Thanks everybody

              • September 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm
              MACK under the knife
              Participant

                Well This may not post the way I want but here goes. Thanks to all the people that replied and told me in nicer words to stop whinning and start finding things out. As I researched I found that more doctors give the news of cancer over the phone then face to face. I was amazed but have a better outlook now. I have been at M D Anderson on and of now for the past 2 weeks and it is an amazing place. They have a system like no other hospital. I was seen by several specialist in a single day. I found out that I have had this Melanoma since I had a mole was removed from the side of my face in 2006. The pathologist misread or did not read the slides. At the same site another mole the size of a pinhead was coming back so they have said this is stage 3 melanoma. They will do a right side neck dissection with lymph node removal on Monday Sept 20th. The doctor has said that I will be receiving Radiation after that, He has cautioned that the outlook is good but they will know more after surgery. My head is in a better place now that I have the information I need to understand the how and why's. I have started the paperwork to have the medical board look into the pathologist that reported the incorrect results. I am fine with the fact that I have cancer and I will continue to fight it and will win the battles I can and live through the ones I can't. Again I say thanks to all the strangers that have come into my life allowing me to hear their stories and to rejoice in their victories.

                Mack under the Knife</p>

                • September 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm
                MACK under the knife
                Participant

                  Well This may not post the way I want but here goes. Thanks to all the people that replied and told me in nicer words to stop whinning and start finding things out. As I researched I found that more doctors give the news of cancer over the phone then face to face. I was amazed but have a better outlook now. I have been at M D Anderson on and of now for the past 2 weeks and it is an amazing place. They have a system like no other hospital. I was seen by several specialist in a single day. I found out that I have had this Melanoma since I had a mole was removed from the side of my face in 2006. The pathologist misread or did not read the slides. At the same site another mole the size of a pinhead was coming back so they have said this is stage 3 melanoma. They will do a right side neck dissection with lymph node removal on Monday Sept 20th. The doctor has said that I will be receiving Radiation after that, He has cautioned that the outlook is good but they will know more after surgery. My head is in a better place now that I have the information I need to understand the how and why&#39;s. I have started the paperwork to have the medical board look into the pathologist that reported the incorrect results. I am fine with the fact that I have cancer and I will continue to fight it and will win the battles I can and live through the ones I can't. Again I say thanks to all the strangers that have come into my life allowing me to hear their stories and to rejoice in their victories.

                  Mack under the Knife</p>

                • August 26, 2010 at 4:35 am
                MACK under the knife
                Participant

                  Well thanks everybody. They are not sure if a mole removed from next to my ear years ago that was said to be clean hand cancer. The doctors are asking for the pathology reports. I keep reading all this stuff and I just realized that I forgot to add that I also suffer from Ulcerative colitis. I have been on Remicade for almost 8 years. Now this is just another thing in the string. I face everything with a positive outlook but the doctor I had made it difficult. He broke the news over the phone and when I questioned why he got irrate saying he knew what was best for me and I should just listen. Then nothing for several days. I have now been contacted by MDA and will go the sept 2nd. I am happy and nervous. I want this out of my body and I want to know what I can do to keep it gone

                   

                  Sounds like it will come back but this is a fight I intend to we

                   

                  Thanks everybody

                  • August 26, 2010 at 4:54 pm
                  MACK under the knife
                  Participant

                    Sharyn

                     

                    I appreciate your response as well as the rest who have and will respond. I have no faith in the doctors but no nothing of what is going on at this point. They have not staged me if I am saying this correctly. They have performed several tests and stilllhave not told me anything I can wrap my head around. They are sending me to MDA in Houston blind. I will be looking things up but what I really want is them to get this Tumor out of my neck.  I think this is common among the newly diagnosis but the doctors are not making it any easier. My doctor recommended me to MDA because he was unsure of how to proceed but he gave me no other information. My oncologist seemed positive about the results but now is taking a step back. So the Stress builds. Sorry to all reading this and feeling my frustration but this is how my experience has been. I have been to places and done things no human wants to do with the military that were easier for me to deal with. This is something just out of reach and I don't have enough facts yet to make a decision

                    • August 26, 2010 at 4:54 pm
                    MACK under the knife
                    Participant

                      Sharyn

                       

                      I appreciate your response as well as the rest who have and will respond. I have no faith in the doctors but no nothing of what is going on at this point. They have not staged me if I am saying this correctly. They have performed several tests and stilllhave not told me anything I can wrap my head around. They are sending me to MDA in Houston blind. I will be looking things up but what I really want is them to get this Tumor out of my neck.  I think this is common among the newly diagnosis but the doctors are not making it any easier. My doctor recommended me to MDA because he was unsure of how to proceed but he gave me no other information. My oncologist seemed positive about the results but now is taking a step back. So the Stress builds. Sorry to all reading this and feeling my frustration but this is how my experience has been. I have been to places and done things no human wants to do with the military that were easier for me to deal with. This is something just out of reach and I don't have enough facts yet to make a decision

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