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Thank you, Mark, and everyone else. It was especially helpful to talk with you over the phone, Mark. Thank you for that.

In meeting with my plastic surgeon this week he told me that he is in group discussion with all the other doctors who worked on me. I guess they all out their heads together on stuff like this. When they did the excisement  on the foot tissue, the surgeon based the margin width on the 0.4mm punch biopsy depth and gave me a 1cm margin. Well, the final biopsy was for a depth of 1.03 mm. He informed me that for that depth they would normally take a 2cm margin. The margin was clear on it though. So we discussed it and rather than going back in and removing more skin at this time we are going to set up regular visits to dermatology to keep an eye on it, and every bit of my skin, to monitor it. Does this seem like a reasonable approach?

My full thickness graft did not take as well as we had hoped. I'm currently shedding the epidermal layers but it appears that ther dermis layer below are, hopefully, surviving. There may be a few patches that will require either more time, or a split thickness graft from my thigh to fix. We will know more in another week or so.

My heart breaks reading the worse outcome of others in this forum. I know my survival rate is good now, but melanoma is a nasty beast that can rear its insidious microscopically initiated head at any time once you have been bitten by this beast. So I will be paying close attention to my body.

I will keep sending positive thoughts to all. Thank you.

Thank you, Mark, and everyone else. It was especially helpful to talk with you over the phone, Mark. Thank you for that.

In meeting with my plastic surgeon this week he told me that he is in group discussion with all the other doctors who worked on me. I guess they all out their heads together on stuff like this. When they did the excisement  on the foot tissue, the surgeon based the margin width on the 0.4mm punch biopsy depth and gave me a 1cm margin. Well, the final biopsy was for a depth of 1.03 mm. He informed me that for that depth they would normally take a 2cm margin. The margin was clear on it though. So we discussed it and rather than going back in and removing more skin at this time we are going to set up regular visits to dermatology to keep an eye on it, and every bit of my skin, to monitor it. Does this seem like a reasonable approach?

My full thickness graft did not take as well as we had hoped. I'm currently shedding the epidermal layers but it appears that ther dermis layer below are, hopefully, surviving. There may be a few patches that will require either more time, or a split thickness graft from my thigh to fix. We will know more in another week or so.

My heart breaks reading the worse outcome of others in this forum. I know my survival rate is good now, but melanoma is a nasty beast that can rear its insidious microscopically initiated head at any time once you have been bitten by this beast. So I will be paying close attention to my body.

I will keep sending positive thoughts to all. Thank you.

Thank you, Mark, and everyone else. It was especially helpful to talk with you over the phone, Mark. Thank you for that.

In meeting with my plastic surgeon this week he told me that he is in group discussion with all the other doctors who worked on me. I guess they all out their heads together on stuff like this. When they did the excisement  on the foot tissue, the surgeon based the margin width on the 0.4mm punch biopsy depth and gave me a 1cm margin. Well, the final biopsy was for a depth of 1.03 mm. He informed me that for that depth they would normally take a 2cm margin. The margin was clear on it though. So we discussed it and rather than going back in and removing more skin at this time we are going to set up regular visits to dermatology to keep an eye on it, and every bit of my skin, to monitor it. Does this seem like a reasonable approach?

My full thickness graft did not take as well as we had hoped. I'm currently shedding the epidermal layers but it appears that ther dermis layer below are, hopefully, surviving. There may be a few patches that will require either more time, or a split thickness graft from my thigh to fix. We will know more in another week or so.

My heart breaks reading the worse outcome of others in this forum. I know my survival rate is good now, but melanoma is a nasty beast that can rear its insidious microscopically initiated head at any time once you have been bitten by this beast. So I will be paying close attention to my body.

I will keep sending positive thoughts to all. Thank you.

Today I have an appointment with the plastic surgeon to assess the skin graft. Afterward I meet with my Oncologist to discuss, I believe, the biopsy results from the WLE and SLNB.

i hope both are good meetings!

Today I have an appointment with the plastic surgeon to assess the skin graft. Afterward I meet with my Oncologist to discuss, I believe, the biopsy results from the WLE and SLNB.

i hope both are good meetings!

Today I have an appointment with the plastic surgeon to assess the skin graft. Afterward I meet with my Oncologist to discuss, I believe, the biopsy results from the WLE and SLNB.

i hope both are good meetings!

That should be "something" and not "so etching"! DYAC!!'

Is there a way of editing posts in this forum?

That should be "something" and not "so etching"! DYAC!!'

Is there a way of editing posts in this forum?

That should be "something" and not "so etching"! DYAC!!'

Is there a way of editing posts in this forum?

It was my understanding from talking to the techs that a CT scan (lower resolution) would also be done simultaneously but its only purpose was to be able to overlay the PET information to give the doctors context of the PET scan in relation to the information revealed through the CT scan should so etching show up on the PET scan.

It was my understanding from talking to the techs that a CT scan (lower resolution) would also be done simultaneously but its only purpose was to be able to overlay the PET information to give the doctors context of the PET scan in relation to the information revealed through the CT scan should so etching show up on the PET scan.

It was my understanding from talking to the techs that a CT scan (lower resolution) would also be done simultaneously but its only purpose was to be able to overlay the PET information to give the doctors context of the PET scan in relation to the information revealed through the CT scan should so etching show up on the PET scan.

Dick,

Thank you. That does help. Your profile and history are remarkable and inspirational!!!

I believe I will ask my doctor if I can have the images on CD of my scan as well.

Dick,

Thank you. That does help. Your profile and history are remarkable and inspirational!!!

I believe I will ask my doctor if I can have the images on CD of my scan as well.

Dick,

Thank you. That does help. Your profile and history are remarkable and inspirational!!!

I believe I will ask my doctor if I can have the images on CD of my scan as well.