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My coworker just went through a bout of this, in office she had the mole completely excised (I think they did slide after slide until there were no more abnormal cells found) I am stage 3B myself so naturally my heart dropped when she told me and I questioned everything the doctor had her scheduled for and not scheduled for. If you mole or primary site is not deep enough in the layers of the skin there isn't any chance of it going to your Lymph nodes. It was hard for me to trust this doctor, even though he has treated me and the clinics we work in are in the same building. I always say if you need a second opinion, what's the biggest thing that can happen?? You feel more at ease and they will explain everything once more and if it helps you understand more then why not? I have had a second opinion done myself and stayed with the second doctor I met with. I really believe that different doctors explain things differently: and truly the hardest thing to do is TRUST that they are doing everything in your best interest.  Trust your gut. She was instructed to take this diagnosis seriously (she is an avid tanner) to start wearing sunscreen and to be vigilant about any new moles or changes to your current moles. I am glad to see you're on here advocating for yourself and educating yourself. Good luck to you! 

My coworker just went through a bout of this, in office she had the mole completely excised (I think they did slide after slide until there were no more abnormal cells found) I am stage 3B myself so naturally my heart dropped when she told me and I questioned everything the doctor had her scheduled for and not scheduled for. If you mole or primary site is not deep enough in the layers of the skin there isn't any chance of it going to your Lymph nodes. It was hard for me to trust this doctor, even though he has treated me and the clinics we work in are in the same building. I always say if you need a second opinion, what's the biggest thing that can happen?? You feel more at ease and they will explain everything once more and if it helps you understand more then why not? I have had a second opinion done myself and stayed with the second doctor I met with. I really believe that different doctors explain things differently: and truly the hardest thing to do is TRUST that they are doing everything in your best interest.  Trust your gut. She was instructed to take this diagnosis seriously (she is an avid tanner) to start wearing sunscreen and to be vigilant about any new moles or changes to your current moles. I am glad to see you're on here advocating for yourself and educating yourself. Good luck to you! 

My coworker just went through a bout of this, in office she had the mole completely excised (I think they did slide after slide until there were no more abnormal cells found) I am stage 3B myself so naturally my heart dropped when she told me and I questioned everything the doctor had her scheduled for and not scheduled for. If you mole or primary site is not deep enough in the layers of the skin there isn't any chance of it going to your Lymph nodes. It was hard for me to trust this doctor, even though he has treated me and the clinics we work in are in the same building. I always say if you need a second opinion, what's the biggest thing that can happen?? You feel more at ease and they will explain everything once more and if it helps you understand more then why not? I have had a second opinion done myself and stayed with the second doctor I met with. I really believe that different doctors explain things differently: and truly the hardest thing to do is TRUST that they are doing everything in your best interest.  Trust your gut. She was instructed to take this diagnosis seriously (she is an avid tanner) to start wearing sunscreen and to be vigilant about any new moles or changes to your current moles. I am glad to see you're on here advocating for yourself and educating yourself. Good luck to you! 

Stage 3b here, I did biochemo in 2013 which was a total of 5 drugs used together to treat melanoma, 1 of those drugs being inferon. Hands down the inferon was the hardest part to get through. My body ached beyond belief, the flu x 10. I didn’t even notice the fevers I was usually told by others that I had one, all I remember was how bad my body hurt and ached. It’s the kind of pain that you can’t get to go away no matter how many pain killers you take. I took lots of baths and had a heating pad on me at all times. The good thing is that the pain doesn’t last forever but it became harder and harder to inject myself with the inferon knowing what I was in for. I was one of the lucky ones that only had to do 3 rounds and then I was done. I am happy that you have decided to do something. My first dr wanted me to watch and wait and being 28 with two kids and a husband I could not do that. Best of luck to you. Keep fighting

Stage 3b here, I did biochemo in 2013 which was a total of 5 drugs used together to treat melanoma, 1 of those drugs being inferon. Hands down the inferon was the hardest part to get through. My body ached beyond belief, the flu x 10. I didn’t even notice the fevers I was usually told by others that I had one, all I remember was how bad my body hurt and ached. It’s the kind of pain that you can’t get to go away no matter how many pain killers you take. I took lots of baths and had a heating pad on me at all times. The good thing is that the pain doesn’t last forever but it became harder and harder to inject myself with the inferon knowing what I was in for. I was one of the lucky ones that only had to do 3 rounds and then I was done. I am happy that you have decided to do something. My first dr wanted me to watch and wait and being 28 with two kids and a husband I could not do that. Best of luck to you. Keep fighting

Stage 3b here, I did biochemo in 2013 which was a total of 5 drugs used together to treat melanoma, 1 of those drugs being inferon. Hands down the inferon was the hardest part to get through. My body ached beyond belief, the flu x 10. I didn’t even notice the fevers I was usually told by others that I had one, all I remember was how bad my body hurt and ached. It’s the kind of pain that you can’t get to go away no matter how many pain killers you take. I took lots of baths and had a heating pad on me at all times. The good thing is that the pain doesn’t last forever but it became harder and harder to inject myself with the inferon knowing what I was in for. I was one of the lucky ones that only had to do 3 rounds and then I was done. I am happy that you have decided to do something. My first dr wanted me to watch and wait and being 28 with two kids and a husband I could not do that. Best of luck to you. Keep fighting

My doctor in salt lake city, only treats melanoma and breast cancer. He is a melanoma specialist so i am assuming because he treats primarily only melanoma and breast cancer that they are some what related, maybe due to lymph node involvement in both?? Keep fighting and good luck.

My doctor in salt lake city, only treats melanoma and breast cancer. He is a melanoma specialist so i am assuming because he treats primarily only melanoma and breast cancer that they are some what related, maybe due to lymph node involvement in both?? Keep fighting and good luck.

My doctor in salt lake city, only treats melanoma and breast cancer. He is a melanoma specialist so i am assuming because he treats primarily only melanoma and breast cancer that they are some what related, maybe due to lymph node involvement in both?? Keep fighting and good luck.

I was told that I only had a 5% chance of my lymph nodes being positive and you guessed it, mine were. I was told that if they hadn’t caught it I would have been dead in a year. I don’t mean to alarm you, but it took a good friend of mine who worked in oncology to convince me to take things more seriously. Better safe than sorry. Maybe take some documents to your doctor to show him the benefits of doing the biopsy. If anything won’t he make more money??
Good luck to you and sorry to welcome you to our club.

Stage 3b, primary upper left shoulder, positive lymph nodes, no reoccurrance since Aug 2013.

I was told that I only had a 5% chance of my lymph nodes being positive and you guessed it, mine were. I was told that if they hadn’t caught it I would have been dead in a year. I don’t mean to alarm you, but it took a good friend of mine who worked in oncology to convince me to take things more seriously. Better safe than sorry. Maybe take some documents to your doctor to show him the benefits of doing the biopsy. If anything won’t he make more money??
Good luck to you and sorry to welcome you to our club.

Stage 3b, primary upper left shoulder, positive lymph nodes, no reoccurrance since Aug 2013.

I was told that I only had a 5% chance of my lymph nodes being positive and you guessed it, mine were. I was told that if they hadn’t caught it I would have been dead in a year. I don’t mean to alarm you, but it took a good friend of mine who worked in oncology to convince me to take things more seriously. Better safe than sorry. Maybe take some documents to your doctor to show him the benefits of doing the biopsy. If anything won’t he make more money??
Good luck to you and sorry to welcome you to our club.

Stage 3b, primary upper left shoulder, positive lymph nodes, no reoccurrance since Aug 2013.