Y’all are the Best!
I, 45F living in Santa Fe, NM, was diagnosed with melanoma in situ on my left anterior shoulder in early April, with WLE surgery on May 8th. Immediate family history of multiple basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas and an aunt who passed of melanoma that spread to her brain like lightning in 2004. Understandably, I was a bit nervous since the sun and I have been frenemies at best for the majority of my life. Oh, and a couple of weeks after my diagnosis, my mom who I live with was diagnosed with an extremely rare sarcoma, and we will be moving to get her specialized care in another state. Hence, I will need to find another dermatologist after just now finding this one I truly like.Fun times.
Regardless, what I came here to say after lurking and reading y’all’s posts as bedtime stories is… thank you. Thank you for being brave enough to ask the questions some of us are too shy to ask. Thank you to those who share the stories, no matter the ending. Thank you for all the tips and tricks only those who live it know about, aside from the nurses and those individuals might be magic.
Please know, while my story is going to be one of vigilance and alert rather than treatments just yet, I will try to honor the unspoken code set by the warriors who post only to help others out of love and kindness. It’s what we need most in the world. Like I said before, y’all are the best.