| barely 28, stage 3 melanoma, scared
hi there.
not sure if i am at the right place. i am just kind of freaking out. i just turned 28. i had an ugly mole i wanted removed and my pcp did it for me on 11/13/2020. i wasn't expecting the call i got on Tuesday, 11/17/2020. i have melanoma.
my pcp immediately had me meet with an oncologist the next day. the day after that she had me do a PET/CT scan. the day after that, the surgeon had me come in and he told me it metastasized to my axillary lymph nodes and i need to have some or potentially all removed.
i have an MRI tomorrow, Monday, 11/23/2020. my oncologist seems to be concerned about something called ulceration and my depth and mitosis that it may have spread to my brain? hopefully not.
i have surgery for a wide excision and lymph node biopsy and removal on Wednesday 11/25/2020. then i start something called immunotherapy every two weeks for a year?
they said they don't know my level of stage 3, but they pretty made it clear its not good.
i am scared and terrified. i live alone in my apartment. my family is as active as they can be with covid stuff. but other people keep asking me how long i have to live? i don't know how to answer that. is my life on life? i under stand stage 3 is bad, right? idk what to do or how to explain to my friends. is it as serious as it is seeming?
i am very scared.
shaney
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