Although it seems hard to believe, it has been four months since the excision where cancer was removed from my knee area. For the most part, I think my healing process is going well. Yes, I had the infection; yes, I have bizarre pain and achiness; yes, the scar is still purplish and prominent. But the pink melanoma that trespassed… Read more »
Since my excision, I’ve been trying to be good about walking and getting my leg strength back. This morning, at the suddenly crowded gym, there were no treadmills to be found. However, there was one lone elliptical available. I used to use the elliptical a lot to get cardio in back before the whole cancer thing. I thought – why… Read more »
For those of us living in Austin right now, it’s mayhem. It’s Spring Break for the kids (public schools and UT), the Rodeo, and the mother of all city festivals – SXSW. If you don’t know what SXSW is, picture 200,000 people invading your town with a bunch of tents, food trucks, random parties taking over all kinds of buildings,… Read more »
Today I had my follow-up with the surgeon who performed my excision so she could check the scar. It’s been just about 10 weeks since the procedure. It took awhile to get into a room and seen. Hopefully, that’s not a sign that there’s more melanomas getting looked at. The doctor finally came into room, took a quick look at… Read more »
How does a cold virus do so much to make you feel lousy?
It seems crazy that my excision was 6 weeks ago. Some days, it feels like it was just yesterday; and other days it seems so long ago. This morning, I had a meeting earlier than I usually get into work. I went to bed earlier than usual last night and got up an hour earlier than usual. I actually felt… Read more »
The Centers for Disease Control have released a report noting that the cost of treating skin cancer has risen 5 times faster than treatment costs for other types of cancer in a time period from 2002 to 2011. The average annual treatment cost for skin cancer increased 126% just from 2002 to 2006. That’s quite a huge jump, particularly when… Read more »
It has been over a month since my excision. The wound is completely closed up and the infection is completely gone. I’m now in the scar phase. To recap, I had an amelanotic nodular melanoma lesion removed from my knee area. The spot was about the diameter of a pencil eraser, but the excision took a pretty big chunk of… Read more »
I am in San Francisco for a work event. Ordinarily, I love being here and walking around the city. However, I’m still recovering from the excision and even though my wound is healed, I’m still feeling a really strange pulling sensation in my leg – almost like the internal stitches are being yanked. Normally, I get a hotel that doesn’t… Read more »
The last few days have been fairly stressful for me from a psychological standpoint. My husband, who is out of work, thought he had a job offer coming; but instead was told that the position “isn’t funded”. Why you would go through the process of interviewing someone multiple times, both on the phone and in-person, over the course of a… Read more »