I intended to write up an interesting article I came across. Y’all know how much I love science and delving into the details of new melanoma research. But as I sat down to type it, I started writing something entirely different. A few more people I know have been diagnosed (or rediagnosed) with some form of cancer in the past… Read more »
When I wrote my previous blog post about checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy, I didn’t realize that Phase 2 of the clinical trials were being released later on that day. Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (here in the Lone Star State) performed clinical trial checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy in 94 patients with melanoma that had spread to the… Read more »
So, we’re 12 days into the new year… and from the title of this post, you can probably guess that it hasn’t been all gloom and doom but it certainly hasn’t been sunshine and rainbows either… I guess that’s what is called life, right? The yucky stuff – well, I caught some virus that made me feel like a truck… Read more »
I still cannot believe Tom Petty died… The title of the post is a small tribute to him as well as accurately describing my feelings right now… So, I’ve delayed on writing a follow-up post from my doctor’s visit last week. But with each day that passes, I realized that this blog is my therapy and if I wrote about… Read more »
I realized that I never followed up from my previous paranoid post. I did go to the doctor, who looked at the growing red thing on my leg and wasn’t sure exactly what it was; but she thought it might be some kind of dermatitis, or worst case, maybe basal cell carcinoma. She gave me a prescription for a steroid… Read more »
Ok, so a couple of posts ago, I mentioned that I had weird pink spots that I thought was an allergy-related thing. Well, one of them has decided to really jack with my head and expand rapidly in size to about the same size my previous Loki was before I had him removed. It’s only been a couple of weeks… Read more »
Well, I’m sitting in the mountains of Vermont and the cool, fresh air feels amazing. And I’m breathing a little easier because I got a call from the dermatologist’s assistant telling me that my biopsy came back benign. I can tell you, I was really sweating during the waiting period. It is a relief to know that right now, I’m… Read more »
Well, I had my appointment with the dermatologist yesterday and as you may be able to guess from the title of this post, I didn’t get to walk out of there without more bits of my skin going off to pathology. When I got into the exam room, the assistant asked me if there were any spots of interest they… Read more »
So, I’ve got another skin check coming up. This one will mark the two and a half years since my excision. For whatever reason, I’m actually worried about this one. On one hand, a “nothing to worry about” result will give me more peace of mind, I think. I’m halfway through to the five-year mark and that’s a pretty big… Read more »
So I received an email from a reader who basically said, “It’s great that you had a fantastic trip and all that; but we haven’t seen how your scar is progressing in a long time”. I know you guys love the scar photos so… To the day, it’s been two and a half years since the excision. I’ve shown some… Read more »