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The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Howard Luks, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 59 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting ...

Melanoma under fingernail & back of heel. Anyone?

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · New reply April 5, 2012
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Hi everyone! When I have questions (while I know your not doctors) I come here, why, because most of you know more =) & if not, you sure are nicer to talk to! I have a question & would like to hear from ...

Melananoma 2 times

JanetRuth
  • By JanetRuth · New reply February 26, 2012
  • Discussion in Treatment · 5 replies
  • First time it was it a 2, that was 25 years ago. Now I have a #1. Setting up appointment for second surgery. My question is at a 1 do I need more cutting? I really don't thing so but my hubby says no ...

Stage 3 met melanoma

Algs38
  • By Algs38 · Posted February 18, 2012
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • I noticed a lump behind my left ear, completely under the skin and thought it was a cyst. Instead, I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in december, 2011. No primary has been found and I had surgery ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Susan Grant

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 15, 2012
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews ...

Inspire is hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply January 20, 2012
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Inspire is hiring, and we're wondering if you know someone who would be the perfect addition to our team. Hello everyone, I'm Walter, one of Inspire's founders and the head of our technical team. I'm ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Michele Baldwin

John2
  • By John2 · Posted January 3, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews in a Q&A ...

The Car

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply December 27, 2011
  • Journal · 46 replies
  • Dear Fellow Travelers: Today's story is fresh. I was fortunate today to be able to help an elderly lady find her car in a Walmart parking lot. Probably nothing can be as exasperating as a lost car at ...

Following: A new Inspire feature

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply December 5, 2011
  • Journal · 111 replies
  • Hello everyone, I'm writing to let you know about a new Inspire feature that we launched last night, designed to help you keep track of conversations you're interested in. We call it "following" and here's ...

Contact your senators if you want to keep your supplements

naturalgirl
  • By naturalgirl · Posted December 3, 2011
  • Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
  • Many supplements may be a thing of the past of the FDA has their way. The only way to really stop this is to contact your representatives so that this does not pass. The best way to defeat these new rules ...

Melanoma Removed, now a new bump

redjet
  • By redjet · New reply November 25, 2011
  • Discussion in Life after skin cancer · 1 reply
  • In June, I had a small Melanoma removed from my thigh, did large excise with clear margins and no lymph nodes were involved. Over the last two weeks I noticed a small nodule just under the skin in the ...

November - Pieces of Eight

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply November 11, 2011
  • Journal · 45 replies
  • Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. Mark Twain I hope that those of you who read this post can stop for a moment and think about Twain's statement ...

Patient-driven research

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 13, 2011
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I'd like to share with you a new Inspire report, The SCAD Ladies Stand Up: Stories of Patient Empowerment, which chronicles patient-initiated research in our community. This amazing patient-driven effort ...

Entering October:

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply October 13, 2011
  • Journal · 33 replies
  • Dear Fellow Travelers: I am aware that I may be opening myself up for criticism and opposition to this post; and that is absolutely fine with me. The situation that triggered today’s post is something ...

Nodular Melanoma

JerryKren
  • By JerryKren · Posted September 16, 2011
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • I recently had a lesion on my hand removed. The biopsy sowed that it was Melanoma. The result of a PET scan came back negative for any cancer. However I did not receive the results of CT scans that were ...

The North Carolina Cancer Summit

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply September 15, 2011
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • Dear Fellow Travelers: I would like to pass along the information for this year's NC Cancer Summit. I realize that many of you are nowhere close to North Carolina (and some probably have no desire to ...

Ending August: The Live Poets' Society

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply September 12, 2011
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Dear Fellow Travelers: As we bid farewell to August, may I reflect back one decade to August 2001 and the first encounter with a person who told me about The Live Poet’s Society. August 2001 was a far ...

starting ipi for stage 3 melanoma

harrillrn
  • By harrillrn · Posted August 14, 2011
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • hi everyone, i was diagnosed with melanoma in nov o8 it was under my right great toe nail.my sentenial node bx was negative underwent the yr of interferon pet 5 weeks later showed several tumors unfortunately ...

Something in Common: We Share

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply August 5, 2011
  • Journal · 25 replies
  • Dear Fellow Travelers on the Inspire Network: Each one of us visits this site for different reasons; some come for information, some to vent, some to find comfort and hope, and there are numerous other ...

Ending July --- For What it's Worth

Mickeral
  • By Mickeral · New reply August 4, 2011
  • Journal · 30 replies
  • Dear Fellow Travelers: I realize this “blanket post” may be a source of irritation and resentment to some… on the other hand, in light of many of our situations that we face and deal with on this forum ...

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