Stuart Ablett
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Malignant Melanoma that is the bad news.
The good news is it is in the early stages, not the earliest, but certainly not the worst. The initial pathology is that it has not spread, but further testing is needed, from the piece of tissue they removed, the were no cancer cells present in the surrounding tissue, only in the tumor.
I've been given a Clark Score of Level III and a JACC Stage I A and IB.
I'm still digesting what that all means.
Today I had some blood tests and a CT scan, tomorrow, a Saturday (yes they are moving aggressively) I will have more tests including some sort of isotope test (some of the terminology is frustrating to translate) On the 8th or 9th of November they will again go in and remove tissue, dependent on the test results it will be just more from my back around the melanoma site, or it will also include a lymph node, I just do not know yet.
I do know that I'm up for the fight and will not let this get me down, heck, it might even help move along my weight loss
Cheers!
The good news is it is in the early stages, not the earliest, but certainly not the worst. The initial pathology is that it has not spread, but further testing is needed, from the piece of tissue they removed, the were no cancer cells present in the surrounding tissue, only in the tumor.
I've been given a Clark Score of Level III and a JACC Stage I A and IB.
I'm still digesting what that all means.
Today I had some blood tests and a CT scan, tomorrow, a Saturday (yes they are moving aggressively) I will have more tests including some sort of isotope test (some of the terminology is frustrating to translate) On the 8th or 9th of November they will again go in and remove tissue, dependent on the test results it will be just more from my back around the melanoma site, or it will also include a lymph node, I just do not know yet.
I do know that I'm up for the fight and will not let this get me down, heck, it might even help move along my weight loss
Cheers!
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