Living with Stage 3b Melanoma - Matthew Lui Melanoma Journey

[@lolaottinger3038]

I was 33 when I got melanoma too, that was 46 years ago! Here I am still kicking!

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thank you for sharing Lola!

[@alexdarkscorpio9097]

Maybe I ask what is the stage when you caught melanoma at 33. Just diagnosed melanoma at my age at 35. Desperate.

[@MarzenaP22]

​@@alexdarkscorpio9097Hello. Which stage are you? I'm 36 and just been diagnosed, luckily stage 1

[@MarzenaP22]

​@@alexdarkscorpio9097I hope you are ok❤

[@alexdarkscorpio9097]

@@MarzenaP22hey bro, I’m at stage 2b. Just visited MD Anderson, 10-20% chance to get it back in 5 yrs, otherwise should forget about it. Stage 1 is better I guess

[@eddiebrogna7678]

So glad to hear you had a good experience 🙏God bless you and continue to keep you cancer free ✌🏼

[@francesjones9644]

Thank you Matthew for your frank, informative and amusing talk. My heart is with you and I wish you well from the bottom of my heart.

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thank you for sharing your kind words!

[@CapeRN]

First week after hearing diagnosis. You have detailed the “ waiting period” is the hardest. You have caught our experience wonderfully, Thank you so much. These are exactly the words I needed th see. Awaiting Pet and Brain MRi and for now our tentative plan is and Nivo and Ipi

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thank you for watching our video, glad to hear the information resonated with you. Wishing you all the best as you navigate the next steps of your melanoma journey.

[@pauladonnelly3367]

Bravo! Well done! Thinking of you on your journey! Keep well.

[@JayJay-bo5kl]

May God give Matthew, my children and the world best of health happiness n success ameen

[@kremepie6705]

Great Cancer story! Very positive. I was just diagnosed with Melanoma and my PET Scan showed a lump in my lymph & some spots in my lungs 🫁 so I am scheduled for 3 biopsies I intend to be completely unconscious for.😂 Thanks for sharing your account.❤️G.

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thanks for viewing our video and sharing your journey thus far. We have more information about melanoma that can be found on our website as well melanomacanada.ca/understanding-skin-cancer/melanoma/

[@ThePHYL]

I had a wide incision that was large and ulcerated, exactly 1 year later to the day it is now in my lung, had a brain scan today, no results yet, this week I get a whole body pet scan and a port put in, next week all the fun begins, treatment, Clinical trials of immunotherapy…stage 4, it has only been a year, how did it move so fast ?

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thank you for sharing your journey, please do not hesitate to reach out to our network for support. Wishing you all the best as your treatment begins.

[@lolaottinger3038]

🙏🏻

[@kandacepatterson7965]

Why didnt they do a pet scan at the begining. I had the bad feeling a few weeks ago sure enough stage 2 melanoma a week ago surgery in 2 weeks.

[@Epic_Factsz]

How are you now

[@lananicolas160]

Thanks for sharing

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thanks for watching!

[@Salty826]

I was diagnosed late spring of 22. Stage 3c. The day of tje biopsy of a weird freckle on my arm, the lymph nodes on my collarbone blew up. My primary saw me the same day and was very concerned i had cancer of a major organ. Long story short, i was lucky, only 3 of the 26 were affected. But immunotherapy is not an option because i have lupus. The risk of severe health problems is too great for the small chance itd work. A year of getting scans every few months and then lymph nodes in my armpit showed up enlarged. Went through biopsy and then surgery in Oct of 23. Once again, ive lucked out, only a handful of the bunch and tissue were affected. But once again, i cant do immunotherapy. The risk is to great because i have lupus. So here i sit, scans in a couole weeks feeling like i have a big target on me. Again. Ive changed my diet, i take turkey tail mushrooms, exercise more. Doing what i can but feeling helpless.

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thank you for sharing your journey and watching our video. Please reach out for support to our team at [e-mail] you are not alone.

[@yug15.]

what's ur health i pray for u❤

[@documentaries2206]

I hope he is still okay.

[@MelanomaCanada]

Yes thank you for asking he is an active volunteer with our organization.

[@nancybeveridgetaylor3256]

@@MelanomaCanada wonderful to know.

[@doloreshaze4003]

i was stage 3 b/c 16 years ago, got ravaged by a operation (total lymf node dissection) they won't do now.

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thanks for sharing your journey with us! Hope the video was helpful for you.

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[@Wow-2375]

So, they don’t remove armpit and groin lymph nodes now preemptively? That’s what they want to do to me for a mole removed that they claimed got all malignant melanoma

[@panagiotis_stathoulis]

Hi,can i ask how many nodes had a malignancy?

[@yug15.]

which immutherapy u give

[@coolbreeze8572]

I have cancer and there removing it on my back but never mentioned to check my lymph nodes? Im.concerned they may not check them i go next week for surgery. Should i request to check my lymph nodes?

[@MelanomaCanada]

This is certainly a question you can ask your surgeon. www.melanomanetwork.ca/sugicaltests/

[@lolaottinger3038]

I had lymph nodes removed two months after my melanoma was removed, the melanoma was on the upper right part of my back, so they removed nodes from under my right arm. That was 46 years ago.

[@Epic_Factsz]

How did they do your biopsy first they did they remove whole mole or just superficial part of it?

[@alexdarkscorpio9097]

@@lolaottinger3038hey Lolaottinger, may I know more story of your treatment? What stage were you when you caught it?

[@nancybeveridgetaylor3256]

Something I have never wanted to hear "the doctor would like to see you today"

[@WILMA_]

That would literally KILL ME. This guy is AMAZING at telling his story…EVER SO CALMLY!

[@mimibee626]

ALWAYS pay attention to intuition. It is real.

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thanks for watching Mimi.

[@michelledmnds1980]

Is Matt still doing okay?

[@MelanomaCanada]

Matt is a very valued and dedicated member of our community and volunteers in many roles!

[@Cwgrlup]

I hope he is still doing good. Nice talk!

[@MelanomaCanada]

Thanks for watching!

[@radudoican4912]

I have melanoma but i dont know the stage yet Anyway its 2 or 3 if its 2 i need to do any treatment? I have 17 and my parent dont realy want to share details with me

[@MelanomaCanada]

Hello, thank you for sharing. Here is additional information regarding staging: www.melanomanetwork.ca/staging-melanoma/#stages, do not hesitate to reach out for further support.

[@tracymcgrath1192]

Still with us I hope 🙏♥️

[@resellertools276]

@MelanomaCanada Its been about 8 months since an update on Matt, still good?

[@MelanomaCanada]

Hi, thanks for checking in. Yes Matt is an active volunteer with our organization.

[@MrRrrr698]

Is melanoma stage 3 a death sentence?

[@MelanomaCanada]

Not a death sentence, there have been many advancements in treatments for melanoma showing great benefits to patients.

[@kandacepatterson7965]

My derm just calles and said hey lets talk about your biopsy. Its cancer I setting you up with a surgeon. Kind of impersonal if you as me but hey. I dint like the surgeon but thats what ai got assigned. Not having lympnode biopsy. If its spread...i dont want to know. Im 70. Maybe its time.

[@user-qx2qv9no5g]

Never lose hope..age is nothing.. please do everything you have to do