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brissiegirl

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Mar 2005
Posts: 2
Location: Brisbane
Stage Four melanoma
Posted: 03-15-05 10:01am

Hi,
i've just joined this forum after over four years of living with melanoma. I have had to give up work for the time being/permenantly as I had a vertebra removed recently and i'm also looking at my third round of brain surgery to remove one of two melanomas in my brain.

My reason for joining is to see if there is anyone out there like me who is at home bored or worried who'd like a chat from time to time.

From what i've read there are quite a few 'lucky' people who are getting treatment early.... Truly the best way, don't ever put that trip to the doctor off. I'm turning 28 in may and hoping like hell to make it to 30 :)
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Berry_lubely

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Apr 2005
Posts: 4
Location: Brisbane
Same Here!
Posted: 04-04-05 19:06pm

Hi brissiegirl!! Well i'm so glad I finally did a search and found this site as I am currently in the same situation. It's been 11 years now since I first found out I had melanoma, however it lay dormant up until april last year when they had to do a lymph node clearance under my right arm (i am also 28 in may). Then in november I was taken into the emergency ward at the pa hospital as I had a tumor obstructing my bowel and they also found a 2nd one in my stomach and 3 in my lungs. My world fell apart for a 3rd time. In january I started a new treatment of taxoprexin and found out yesterday that it is working and is shrinking my tumors!! I only have one more treatment left ahead of me (however I know for the next 10 years i'll be stressing like nothing else!). So I just want to say, please stay positive!! I'm also off work at the moment and have been since november, so am also boooored stiff at home!! So if you would like to email, please please feel free! My email address is - t amieberry@optusnet.Com.Au! Take care of yourself!
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SteveDB

New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
Posts: 3
11 yrs since dx, and 21 since onset
Posted: 04-24-08 12:23pm

Hope you're doing better... it looks like 3 years since you posted this.
I was mis-dx'd in 1990, and correctly dx'd in July 97.
I've since had 6 surgeries, and am 4 years out since my last on in 2-04.
I sat at home recovering for the 1st 6 months afterwards. I read a lot, watched a fair amount of TV, and finally got set up to attend college classes through my local vocational rehab.
I've since gone on to receive two AS degrees, and am almost finished with a BS degree in physics.
But as I live in the US, I have no idea what they offer along these lines in Australia.
If you're stil alive, and fighting, keep it up.
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