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My husband has Stage 3 melanoma and  decided not to have the radical lymph node dissection.  He received low dose radiation for 20 days followed by a year of Interferon and tolerated is well – he continued to work full time and had little energy for much of  anything else.  He had a recurrence 3 months after finishing Interferon.  The new tumor was removed and he is still Stage 3 with clear PET and MRI scans.

Once we got over the shock and anger of the diagnosis we decided to live life with joy and not let melanoma run our lives.  We think of it as LIVING with melanoma.  

We just passed our second anniversary of finding that egg size lump  in his armpit.  Current treatment is watch and wait, vigilant skin checks for lumps and moles, and thinking about  what Plan C will be if an unresectable growth is found.

I wish you the best in your decision making.

My husband has Stage 3 melanoma and  decided not to have the radical lymph node dissection.  He received low dose radiation for 20 days followed by a year of Interferon and tolerated is well – he continued to work full time and had little energy for much of  anything else.  He had a recurrence 3 months after finishing Interferon.  The new tumor was removed and he is still Stage 3 with clear PET and MRI scans.

Once we got over the shock and anger of the diagnosis we decided to live life with joy and not let melanoma run our lives.  We think of it as LIVING with melanoma.  

We just passed our second anniversary of finding that egg size lump  in his armpit.  Current treatment is watch and wait, vigilant skin checks for lumps and moles, and thinking about  what Plan C will be if an unresectable growth is found.

I wish you the best in your decision making.

My husband has Stage 3 melanoma and  decided not to have the radical lymph node dissection.  He received low dose radiation for 20 days followed by a year of Interferon and tolerated is well – he continued to work full time and had little energy for much of  anything else.  He had a recurrence 3 months after finishing Interferon.  The new tumor was removed and he is still Stage 3 with clear PET and MRI scans.

Once we got over the shock and anger of the diagnosis we decided to live life with joy and not let melanoma run our lives.  We think of it as LIVING with melanoma.  

We just passed our second anniversary of finding that egg size lump  in his armpit.  Current treatment is watch and wait, vigilant skin checks for lumps and moles, and thinking about  what Plan C will be if an unresectable growth is found.

I wish you the best in your decision making.