Melanoma Research Foundation | Jeanie | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/sjeanl/activity/ Activity feed for Jeanie. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:35:27 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5f80eee6940918daf8416d61969a7761 Jeanie posted an update: I am scheduled for the wide excision and sentinel lymph node […] https://forum.melanoma.org/activity/p/7016/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:09:38 -0400 I am scheduled for the wide excision and sentinel lymph node removal via Nuclear medicine on August 26 and am apprehensive about the general anesthesia after reading the brochure on side effects. One of them is stroke. I am 77 and have leukemia. My mother, grandmother, brother and two sisters had strokes and lost speech, movement on right side…Read more

]]> 0 86772bd2a6b460a7732687bf287c0637 Jeanie replied to the topic So good to find a Melonoma Patient Forum in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/so-good-to-find-a-melonoma-patient-forum/#post-275440 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 05:01:57 -0400 I am so sorry Ellen, you must be very scared.  This is a scary disease.  What kind of immunotherapy are you getting?

 

]]> 55f25b0892f6122b3de9418693934ec7 Jeanie replied to the topic So good to find a Melonoma Patient Forum in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/so-good-to-find-a-melonoma-patient-forum/#post-275434 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 02:39:43 -0400 Thank you so much for your responses.  Because of your comments I am going forward with the surgery.   I’ve always had confidence in City of Hope.  It’s why i drive 1000 miles round trip.  But just when I thought i had a handle on the leukemia, this hit.  I met a lot of nice people on zoom over the pandemic and now you.  I feel resigned to go.  I…Read more

]]> beb1c0390e1907a4cbb79fbf4b70d275 Jeanie replied to the topic So good to find a Melonoma Patient Forum in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/so-good-to-find-a-melonoma-patient-forum/#post-275422 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:41:27 -0400 Thank you for your response.  Your experience is very valuable to me.  Another question.  They have set me up for 6 weeks after the shave biopsy for the surgery.  My concern is the shave biopsy is an open wound.  Will it spread further and change my stage?   Waiting 6 weeks for a wide excision, (especially with leukemia) will that more than likely…Read more

]]> 06ede0c88cc250bb6848d6695a624a9b Jeanie replied to the topic So good to find a Melonoma Patient Forum in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/so-good-to-find-a-melonoma-patient-forum/#post-275420 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:22:53 -0400 I spoke to the american cancer society and they suggested that I ask them for a good explanation of why they want to remove lymph nodes because of it causing lymphedema.  That makes sense to me because it seems the lymph is blocked and swelling occurs when a node is removed.  There are non invasive ways of checking nodes for cancer i.e. ct, u…Read more

]]> 594f19bab569886b4b2efac1a37d3a10 Jeanie started the topic So good to find a Melonoma Patient Forum in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/so-good-to-find-a-melonoma-patient-forum/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:10:24 -0400 So nice to find this group.  I dont feel so alone with all of this.

Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with stage 1 melanoma in my right elbow.  Since I have leukemia it terrified me at first, but as I educated myself about it I have felt calmer.  But after talking with the American Cancer Society I also decided what i wanted from my doctors.  Dea…Read more

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