patinkerbell2011

Tracy….I was very surprised when I read your above post and saw that you are being followed by Dr. Sharfman! SO AM I!!!!! He saved my life and I owe everything I am to him!!! I swear he is the best and if it weren't for him….I wouldn’t be here today : (  Unfortunately, my story is one of some similarity to yours as I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma at the young age of 23 single mom of a daugter who was 3 and son 8. My initial site was my right lung and had to have the bottom 2 lobes removed. They never discovered a skin site? Oh well, doesn't matter now huh? LOL

Well, I went into remission for 6 years after I had 1 foot of my small intestine (Oct. 2005) but unfortunately, last Tuesday I was made aare that my cancer had returned throughout my entire chest and about fell over!!!!! I immediately called Dr. Sharfman's office and scheduled a PET/CT scan for tomorrow and an appt. with Dr. Sharfman the following day,Wed., to go over the results of the PET/CT. I kno that I am going to have to undergo some sorta treatment as I am not in favor of the old "watch and wait" method.

Dr. Sharfman utilized Interleuken 2 as my method of killing the cancer initially and said that if anything ever decided to return, he would definately use that method of ridding my body of this horrid stuff!!! I hope that we can keep in touch and good luck to all of your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Tracy….I was very surprised when I read your above post and saw that you are being followed by Dr. Sharfman! SO AM I!!!!! He saved my life and I owe everything I am to him!!! I swear he is the best and if it weren't for him….I wouldn’t be here today : (  Unfortunately, my story is one of some similarity to yours as I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma at the young age of 23 single mom of a daugter who was 3 and son 8. My initial site was my right lung and had to have the bottom 2 lobes removed. They never discovered a skin site? Oh well, doesn't matter now huh? LOL

Well, I went into remission for 6 years after I had 1 foot of my small intestine (Oct. 2005) but unfortunately, last Tuesday I was made aare that my cancer had returned throughout my entire chest and about fell over!!!!! I immediately called Dr. Sharfman's office and scheduled a PET/CT scan for tomorrow and an appt. with Dr. Sharfman the following day,Wed., to go over the results of the PET/CT. I kno that I am going to have to undergo some sorta treatment as I am not in favor of the old "watch and wait" method.

Dr. Sharfman utilized Interleuken 2 as my method of killing the cancer initially and said that if anything ever decided to return, he would definately use that method of ridding my body of this horrid stuff!!! I hope that we can keep in touch and good luck to all of your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Tracy….I was very surprised when I read your above post and saw that you are being followed by Dr. Sharfman! SO AM I!!!!! He saved my life and I owe everything I am to him!!! I swear he is the best and if it weren't for him….I wouldn’t be here today : (  Unfortunately, my story is one of some similarity to yours as I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma at the young age of 23 single mom of a daugter who was 3 and son 8. My initial site was my right lung and had to have the bottom 2 lobes removed. They never discovered a skin site? Oh well, doesn't matter now huh? LOL

Well, I went into remission for 6 years after I had 1 foot of my small intestine (Oct. 2005) but unfortunately, last Tuesday I was made aare that my cancer had returned throughout my entire chest and about fell over!!!!! I immediately called Dr. Sharfman's office and scheduled a PET/CT scan for tomorrow and an appt. with Dr. Sharfman the following day,Wed., to go over the results of the PET/CT. I kno that I am going to have to undergo some sorta treatment as I am not in favor of the old "watch and wait" method.

Dr. Sharfman utilized Interleuken 2 as my method of killing the cancer initially and said that if anything ever decided to return, he would definately use that method of ridding my body of this horrid stuff!!! I hope that we can keep in touch and good luck to all of your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Tracy….I was very surprised when I read your above post and saw that you are being followed by Dr. Sharfman! SO AM I!!!!! He saved my life and I owe everything I am to him!!! I swear he is the best and if it weren't for him….I wouldn't be here today : (  Unfortunately, my story is one of some similarity to yours as I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma at the young age of 23 single mom of a daugter who was 3 and son 8. My initial site was my right lung and had to have the bottom 2 lobes removed. They never discovered a skin site? Oh well, doesn't matter now huh? LOL

Well, I went into remission for 6 years after I had 1 foot of my small intestine (Oct. 2005) but unfortunately, last Tuesday I was made aare that my cancer had returned throughout my entire chest and about fell over!!!!! I immediately called Dr. Sharfman's office and scheduled a PET/CT scan for tomorrow and an appt. with Dr. Sharfman the following day,Wed., to go over the results of the PET/CT. I kno that I am going to have to undergo some sorta treatment as I am not in favor of the old "watch and wait" method.

Dr. Sharfman utilized Interleuken 2 as my method of killing the cancer initially and said that if anything ever decided to return, he would definately use that method of ridding my body of this horrid stuff!!! I hope that we can keep in touch and good luck to all of your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Tracy….I was very surprised when I read your above post and saw that you are being followed by Dr. Sharfman! SO AM I!!!!! He saved my life and I owe everything I am to him!!! I swear he is the best and if it weren't for him….I wouldn't be here today : (  Unfortunately, my story is one of some similarity to yours as I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma at the young age of 23 single mom of a daugter who was 3 and son 8. My initial site was my right lung and had to have the bottom 2 lobes removed. They never discovered a skin site? Oh well, doesn't matter now huh? LOL

Well, I went into remission for 6 years after I had 1 foot of my small intestine (Oct. 2005) but unfortunately, last Tuesday I was made aare that my cancer had returned throughout my entire chest and about fell over!!!!! I immediately called Dr. Sharfman's office and scheduled a PET/CT scan for tomorrow and an appt. with Dr. Sharfman the following day,Wed., to go over the results of the PET/CT. I kno that I am going to have to undergo some sorta treatment as I am not in favor of the old "watch and wait" method.

Dr. Sharfman utilized Interleuken 2 as my method of killing the cancer initially and said that if anything ever decided to return, he would definately use that method of ridding my body of this horrid stuff!!! I hope that we can keep in touch and good luck to all of your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Tracy….I was very surprised when I read your above post and saw that you are being followed by Dr. Sharfman! SO AM I!!!!! He saved my life and I owe everything I am to him!!! I swear he is the best and if it weren't for him….I wouldn't be here today : (  Unfortunately, my story is one of some similarity to yours as I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma at the young age of 23 single mom of a daugter who was 3 and son 8. My initial site was my right lung and had to have the bottom 2 lobes removed. They never discovered a skin site? Oh well, doesn't matter now huh? LOL

Well, I went into remission for 6 years after I had 1 foot of my small intestine (Oct. 2005) but unfortunately, last Tuesday I was made aare that my cancer had returned throughout my entire chest and about fell over!!!!! I immediately called Dr. Sharfman's office and scheduled a PET/CT scan for tomorrow and an appt. with Dr. Sharfman the following day,Wed., to go over the results of the PET/CT. I kno that I am going to have to undergo some sorta treatment as I am not in favor of the old "watch and wait" method.

Dr. Sharfman utilized Interleuken 2 as my method of killing the cancer initially and said that if anything ever decided to return, he would definately use that method of ridding my body of this horrid stuff!!! I hope that we can keep in touch and good luck to all of your future endeavors!

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Hello their! Your subject had caught my eye of  "Watch and Wait" and I couldn't agree with you more!!!! I had the same sorta exerience with a surgeon who wanted to do the same until my mother and I insisted on having the nodule in my small intestine surgically removed! Guess what…..it was 3 TIMES LARGER and 4 new nodules popped up!!!!! I NEVER agree with the "Watch and Wait" method as Melanoma is an extremely rapid spreading and cancer with a mind of it's own! I firmly believe that I am still alive due to the fact that I have been so aggressive with my treatment and have not fooled around nor waited. I just found out last Wednesday that my Stage 4 Melanoma has returned and you can believe me when I say that I have a PET/CT scan scheduled for tomorrow and Wed.(day before Thanksgiving) I have an appt. ith my oncologist to go over the reults. I wish you all the best and may we keep each other in our prayers : ) 

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Hello their! Your subject had caught my eye of  "Watch and Wait" and I couldn't agree with you more!!!! I had the same sorta exerience with a surgeon who wanted to do the same until my mother and I insisted on having the nodule in my small intestine surgically removed! Guess what…..it was 3 TIMES LARGER and 4 new nodules popped up!!!!! I NEVER agree with the "Watch and Wait" method as Melanoma is an extremely rapid spreading and cancer with a mind of it's own! I firmly believe that I am still alive due to the fact that I have been so aggressive with my treatment and have not fooled around nor waited. I just found out last Wednesday that my Stage 4 Melanoma has returned and you can believe me when I say that I have a PET/CT scan scheduled for tomorrow and Wed.(day before Thanksgiving) I have an appt. ith my oncologist to go over the reults. I wish you all the best and may we keep each other in our prayers : ) 

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell

Hello their! Your subject had caught my eye of  "Watch and Wait" and I couldn't agree with you more!!!! I had the same sorta exerience with a surgeon who wanted to do the same until my mother and I insisted on having the nodule in my small intestine surgically removed! Guess what…..it was 3 TIMES LARGER and 4 new nodules popped up!!!!! I NEVER agree with the "Watch and Wait" method as Melanoma is an extremely rapid spreading and cancer with a mind of it's own! I firmly believe that I am still alive due to the fact that I have been so aggressive with my treatment and have not fooled around nor waited. I just found out last Wednesday that my Stage 4 Melanoma has returned and you can believe me when I say that I have a PET/CT scan scheduled for tomorrow and Wed.(day before Thanksgiving) I have an appt. ith my oncologist to go over the reults. I wish you all the best and may we keep each other in our prayers : ) 

Sincerely,

PaTinkerbell