Melanoma Research Foundation | sister of patient | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/sister-of-patient/activity/ Activity feed for sister of patient. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:18:39 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b370ed56e2e7b57bccf25ab8e194f53b sister of patient replied to the topic Milestone Monday in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/milestone-monday/#post-281241 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:04:04 -0400 Hi – It’s Tuesday but this thread seems an appropriate place to share this news: my sister was discharged by her oncologist today after more than 11 years of dealing with mel in her life.

Leisa was diagnosed stage 3 in January 2015, stage 4 that December, had spinal radiation for pain in Jan. 2016, started Taf/Mek in Feb./March 2016 but ended in…Read more

]]> 37360ec9831de52d5b33478809bb2de5 sister of patient started the topic 5-year NED mark in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/5-year-ned-mark/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 21:32:28 -0400 Hello and best wishes to all of you frequenting this board now, some names I know, many I don’t.

Please forgive me for not finding it but I’m sure this same topic likely appears all over this forum – I admit to no longer being able to find my way around 🙁

Just want to say I’m thrilled to report that my sister, Leisa, passed the 5-year NED line…Read more

]]> fd945a3e4954a2135007f3c934c0230a sister of patient replied to the topic Who is NED for 5 or more years? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/who-is-ned-for-5-or-more-years/#post-275574 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 06:17:45 -0400 Not 5 years yet but in the 5th – so happy to report that my sister, Leisa, remains NED!!!

The site’s changed so much and most of the profile info seems wiped out (maybe it’s there and I can’t find it) but I’ll just add that this is NED after a huge tumour load in bones and organs and hundreds of micro-mets in her brain. Immunotherapy (mostly…Read more

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