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Stage 3 Melonoma cancer
- By gouws · Posted October 27, 2009
- Discussion in Living with skin cancer · 1 reply
- How do other people with this get there minds around the fact that you disease free if there is no nodes detected, but you still a stage 3 cancer patient ...
Gene therapy
- By plwherry · Posted October 12, 2009
- Discussion in In the news · 0 replies
- Does anyone know anything about the new gene therapy treatments for melanoma that has failed bio-chemotherapy ...
Round 2 of temodar
- By LynnLuc · Posted October 4, 2009
- Journal · 8 replies
- I was finally tested for my antigens and I have the right ones for the clinical trial I want to participate in...while waiting for a protein test of my biopsy to come back I still needed to begin another ...
PET Scan results
- By LynnLuc · Posted August 30, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Got my latest PET scan results in since Chemo and radiation. There had been activity in my legs...now there is nothing. Activity in my thyroid, now there is nothing. Primary melanoma siteis still there ...
Stage IV Melanoma - Lungs
Tomorrow I go for follow-up
- By LynnLuc · Posted August 18, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- I am anxious about finding out if the 2 weeks of radiation helped with the metastatic melanoma that was close to my superior vena cava. Wondering if the one light run of chemo did anything at all. Melanoma ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
- Journal · 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
Facial Melanoma
Now the waiting begins...
- By LynnLuc · Posted July 24, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I have finished my Temodar and Radiation round so now I will wait until August 19-then I have my blood drawn, another PET, the radiation oncologist app't and the medical oncologist appointments. My radiation ...
Anyone know about clinical trials??
- By LynnLuc · Posted July 22, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Chemo and radation was over on monday and I am doing much better now that this round is over with. I go to the medical oncologist on Thursday and also get some blood work. I am going to ask him not to ...
More scans and tests...
- By LynnLuc · Posted July 17, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Today would have been the end of week 2 for radiation except for the fact the radiation equipment needed repairs on Tuesday so I guess Monday may be the last day for this round. I finally begun taking ...
I am afraid to take my chemo...
- By LynnLuc · Posted July 15, 2009
- Journal · 11 replies
- After spending all the money on chemo...the Temodar is sitting here. It's Wednesday and I was to begin taking it on Monday...I have 2 anti puke meds, but I am afraid it will really make me sick anyways ...
Melanoma Cancer in the Lung
- By MrFredrickson · Posted July 10, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
- I am interested in hearing from those who have had at least stage 3 melanoma cancer and who have fought off stage 4 in the lungs ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 32 replies
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
my fight with melanoma
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 35 replies
- Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...
Melanoma that spread to lungs
- By BKS · Posted May 11, 2009
- Journal · 10 replies
- I went to Dr. in 2005 with a lump on my head. I was told it was nothing-a sebacios cyst- and not to worry about it. To shorten the story after many Dr. appts. I finally went to a dermatologist and in ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
