sselig

Hello,

My husband had sir-spheres to his liver for ocular melanoma mets almost 3 years ago (at the age of 35) and, combined with radio-frequency ablation to the residual tumor about a year later, his liver has been free of tumor since then.

If you haven't done so already, please look at the Ocular Melanoma Foundation (OMF) webpage: http://www.ocularmelanoma.org and our patient forum on the site in case this would be helpful to you.  At this time (8/2010) we have about 1000 members on the patient forum and it is growing every day.

I hope the sirsphers treatment is as successful for your husband has it has been for mine.

Best,

Sara

Hello,

I am so sorry to hear that you are dealing with this right now.  My 35 year old husband was diagnosed with liver mets almost 3 years ago, one year after his primary eye tumor was treated.  We were VERY discouraged by how little we found in the way of resources and information about ocular melanoma and so have gotten very involved in the Ocular Melanoma Foundation (OMF): http://www.ocularmelanoma.org– I am now the Vice Chair of the board and Director of Medical Initiatives.  We have an active patient forum on our site and are planning our First Annual Patient and Caregiver Conference: Eye Am Not Alone: Educating, Supporting and, Building Hope for the Ocular Melanoma Community.  The meeting is being held in Boston at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute October 23-24th.  The agenda and registration information can all be found on our website.  This conference may be helpful for you as well as other patients interested in learning more about the disease, treatments, and trials as well as meeting other patients and starting to form a robust patient community.

I wish you the best on this difficult journey and please use OMF as a resource and let us know how we can better support you– we are just growing and learning and so welcome help and input form the community. 

Best,

Sara Selig

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