Hi Everyone,
This is my first posting but felt compelled to put my feelings into a message board for feedback as my wife Jane is battling with Stage 4 Malignant Melonoma which has metastisized from the initial leg tumor to her Lymph nodes in the groin and her lungs.
After lengthy surgery to remove the leg tumor and lymph nodes the scans have revealed that she has 2 tumors on her lungs.
I feel so desperately sad watching her struggle daily with this, as I am in the dark as to what will happen next.. Timescales etc ? I, like most people have spent what feels like thousands of hours researching for a miracle cure, but as we are now finding out, the Chemo doesn't seem to be making any difference-in fact I now think that she is worse after 2 cycles of treatment as she has developed a severe cough with continual breathlessness and extreme tiredness !.
We have tried so many different "alternative remedies" ever since we found out about the cancer spreading to her lungs. I feel hopeless watching her struggle to cope with the recovery of her large leg wound knowing that the tumors spreading onto her lungs are slowly getting worse. Sadly, we never seem to get any positive news from the Oncologist and I would love to hear from other sufferers/carers who are struggling to come to terms with the reality of MM.
My thoughts go out to all who are living with this terrible cancer.