Melanoma Kills - The Krista Lake Story

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@lisadearing5960
@lisadearing5960 Жыл бұрын
I started at a new job about 8 years ago. One of the girls that worked there was very friendly and we hit it off right away! I walked into her office one day and saw a black mole on her arm the size of my thumbnail. She just happened to be wearing a sleeveless blouse. Prior to this job, I had work at a doctor’s office for almost 20 years. I didn’t say anything at first but I eventually went back to her office, shut the door, and I asked her if we could talk. I told her that I noticed the mole on her arm and I was very concerned about it. She said she knows she needs to get it checked but just hadn’t made the appointment. I told her that I really thought it was a good idea to have it looked at by a dermatologist. Once she was seen, she called me immediately and told me that I had saved her life! It was melanoma! She had surgery and it was totally removed. She tells everyone who sees her scar what happened and how the new girl at the office saved her life!
@jthoen61
@jthoen61 Жыл бұрын
My first husband ignored a large growth on his back. We were dating then. I told him you need to get to a doctor asap. He died less than 1 year later. My heart goes out to your family. Melanoma is a horrible disease. I was a widow before the age of 21.
@Boxerluver
@Boxerluver 5 жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in1997.I waited 6 months before getting it looked at and was very lucky. Please everyone do self checks and get checked by a doctor. I am so sorry for your loss and you are doing a great thing by spreading the word.
@susuho675
@susuho675 5 жыл бұрын
You were very lucky indeed. Melanoma can be a horrible deadly disease. My husband was diagnosed with Melanoma IV in 1996 and died January 1997. He was 34. I miss him dearly every day. Our 2 sons were babies when he died and he would've just adore his boys and be so proud of them I know. Most importantly though: keep getting yourself checked!!
@Boxerluver
@Boxerluver 5 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry and so young. It’s very scary. My ex husband lost his dad at an early age and it’s very hard. Yes I have had about 15 basil cell cancers but no more melanoma so far. I get checked very often!
@jmr9735
@jmr9735 4 жыл бұрын
I am a natural redhead with very fair skin and blue eyes. I was a walking time bomb. I discovered a spot on my lower leg, but over the course of a year and a half, and for various reasons, I forgot to ask about it. Finally, I made it to my doctor's office for my yearly checkup, and I remembered to have her take a look. It turned out to be melanoma, Clark's level III. I had surgery, they took lymph nodes to be safe, and I haven't had a problem since. It's been over 6 years now. I get my checkups regularly, and I've decided to keep on with the 6 month checkups, even though I can technically move them out to yearly. The good Lord above was sure looking out for me, and it sounds like he was looking out for you, too.
@arnabdey8051
@arnabdey8051 2 жыл бұрын
@@susuho675 one day skin cancer will be gone forever and sun lovers will enjoy scenic view with their beloved family at no risk
@kandacepatterson7965
@kandacepatterson7965 Жыл бұрын
I dont want them messing with my lymph nodes. I have stage 2 melanoma being removed in 2 weeks. Brest cancer survivors say the node biopsy is more painful than the mastectomy.
@Sjwolosz321
@Sjwolosz321 Жыл бұрын
I went to a Dr and told it was a fungal infection . I believed and went about my days working . At times it seemed like it was getting better then worse. For many it was hard to believe that melanoma can form under a thumbnail . The nail became crumbly and the nailbed darkened . One day readying for work I dropped a hanger and it cut through my thumb . I cried " Lord , What are You telling me "". Long story short .. It had already went to my brain . Stage 4 Melanoma .. I have had many procedures , Scans , Infusions , surgeries . Now every day is weaker and weaker and soon I sleep . Lord be with me
@Maite_Lopez
@Maite_Lopez Жыл бұрын
Are you still alive?
@Sjwolosz321
@Sjwolosz321 Жыл бұрын
@@Maite_Lopez By The Grace of God .. I am still here . Last Monday I had a followup 6 month brain MRI and in a few hours I meet with my oncologist to review whether the tumors have grown .Today I also get blood work and get my port flushed out . I am going on 45 months since I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma in the brain .For some reason I am a long hauler and have miraculously been given more day . Though today I am a bit nervous , The headaches have increased . My cousin was diagnosed with melanoma and he passed away within months and yet here I am going on four years .
@johnnyappleseedz422
@johnnyappleseedz422 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine what you are going through in this very moment. But since you posted your comment just 5 months ago, I wonder if you will be able to read this and know that I pray for a miracle in your time of need. Edited: I see you posted last month. I hope you are still fighting a good fight. I lost my cousin the same way; but in days from his diagnosis.
@sherylpayne5851
@sherylpayne5851 10 ай бұрын
God will be with you always. I pray He gives you peace.
@jeanj8842
@jeanj8842 5 ай бұрын
Are you okay? I pray to the Lord to bless u with long pain free life
@NancyMountainMansSis
@NancyMountainMansSis 2 жыл бұрын
My mother was 42 and ignored a knot that came up on her leg. It was in her brain and it was too late when she finally went to the doctor. When she died she left 4 children under the age of 7. I missed her at all the milestones in my life.
@bobs1356
@bobs1356 Жыл бұрын
Shirley here, I am so sorry it's alway the good people that we need more of seem to leaves us. My friends daughter died of breast cancer left 2 little girls.
@JamesChatting
@JamesChatting 5 ай бұрын
Sorry for your loss
@hassanzarei2001
@hassanzarei2001 2 ай бұрын
My father died by nedolar melanoma
@crystaltaylor8248
@crystaltaylor8248 4 жыл бұрын
I know your pain I lost my husband who was 41 to Melanoma. He was a fighter to the end. It's such a horrible disease. I am so sorry for your loss
@larryvelasquez662
@larryvelasquez662 4 жыл бұрын
I see the bulletin board in Wickenburg,Az. daily and decided to get checked as I had some tags on my skin. I was diagnosed with skin carcinoma and had a pecan size mass removed from my shoulder as well as precancerous spot removed from my face and arm. Everyday I thank The Good Lord for that sign. I also pray for the family their loss. Thank you for that sign. It may have saved my life. God Bless!
@patriciajones4744
@patriciajones4744 4 жыл бұрын
So glad u caught in time to live many more years. God Bless.
@tessasumner7977
@tessasumner7977 4 жыл бұрын
My father lived in Wickenburg, AZ. He died in Sept 2010 of Melanoma that metastasized. He use to say "Sunscreen was for Sissies" till the Melanoma got out of control. I miss him every day. 😢
@jeanettesmith765
@jeanettesmith765 3 жыл бұрын
I saw a suspicious mole on my back and went to a dermatologist. It was basal cell cancer, fortunately. They removed the mole, and that was 25 years ago. Please go to a dermatologist once a year.
@Claycat4
@Claycat4 6 жыл бұрын
God bless you all! I am so sorry! I had a melanoma removed from my face last summer and one removed from my arm in December. I will stay vigilant with my checkups! ❤️
@dalhousieDream
@dalhousieDream 5 жыл бұрын
@@tiatia1 You are your best health advocate. Insist on seeing other doctors.
@davinastanton3865
@davinastanton3865 5 жыл бұрын
@@tiatia1 Please get it done. Make the Doctor listen. You have to get a biopsy to find out. I did and in the three weeks since they first removed it. I have gone back to get the area and depth removed. Next are my lymph nodes. With love. 💗⚘
@dothatch5147
@dothatch5147 4 жыл бұрын
@@tiatia1 it sounds like you need a new dr. This dr has your life in his hands and he is careless with it. Go to a good dermatologist and get a true diagnosis. God bless
@spetersen2173
@spetersen2173 4 жыл бұрын
This is so sad! Wishing for healing for her family and husband. Just heart breaking 😢
@GregSr
@GregSr 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly 10 years ago I saw a strange looking mole on my right forearm. During a routine visit, I casually asked my family doctor what he thought about it. His eyes got real big and he said he's sending me to a dermatologist. It was diagnosed as melanoma. I went into surgery to have it and the skin around it removed. Then they biopsied the lymph node in my armpit. Thankfully, those results came back benign (negative). I wasn't nearly as concerned as I should have been. Ignorance is bliss. Back in the 60's, growing up in southern California, we spent a lot of summers on the sand at Huntington Beach. We never wore sunscreen. At the end of the day we looked as red as lobsters. It was like a badge of honor. Days later our skin would peel off in sheets. It was like a game to see who could peel off the biggest piece of skin. We had no idea that we were playing with cancer. As a veteran, the VA does a skin evaluation once a year looking for any tell tale signs of skin cancer.
@asheisadora
@asheisadora 2 жыл бұрын
I also had melanoma.... I spent summers in my teens at Huntington and Seal Beach. I had some BAD sunburns.
@sterlingmatsui154
@sterlingmatsui154 2 жыл бұрын
Same~We actually lived up in Rancho Cucamonga yet were often taken down to San Clemente to spend hours in the water, body surfing, or baking on the beach...Such fun times but had tons of sunburns:( No Melanoma, thank God, although several Squamous Cell Cancer spots removed, now in my 50's.
@kandacepatterson7965
@kandacepatterson7965 Жыл бұрын
Same gre up in San Diego...now diagnosed with melanoma stg II..bit I dont want them.messing with my lymp nodes..thats surgery is painful. Im having wide excision thurssday . It first bothered me lasy year..thought it was a bug bite. Then had hip replacement. It started itching again amd turned black. So I knew something was up. I may change my mind but Im almost 70..I dont have the syrenght for chemo and infusions.
@Katie-vy5rd
@Katie-vy5rd Жыл бұрын
Yes, I of the pre sunscreen generation as well.. it was more like baby oil for us. I had more patience when young so was able to sunbath for long periods of time , unlike now, I am heat intolerant. A commenter in this thread spoke of itching of a spot.. I have one that itches.. I better get in! Thanks all and take care
@johnnyappleseedz422
@johnnyappleseedz422 Жыл бұрын
Lived almost the same childhood you did. Fast forward four decades and the VA never did an evaluation on my skin. And here I am. Looking up what everyone else is looking up. All I can say is, no matter where this journey takes me, I must put my faith in God. No one wants to go out to cancer. Especially seeing what it did to my cousin. But I am guilty as everyone else who became victim. It's always the same story; the sun, and a lack of respect for ultra-violet radiation.
@samanthaoconner918
@samanthaoconner918 4 жыл бұрын
So truly sorry for your loss. What a real inspiration she was and is. I will be going to an apt., this Monday for many spots on my legs, I've been in remission from breast cancer for 2yrs, though there's no promise what the future holds for any of us. I'm praying the spots that never gave any problems till breast cancer will be fine, if not, I pray I can be as strong as your daughter/wife. God bless you all each and every day!!!!
@gailcrowe727
@gailcrowe727 3 жыл бұрын
My husband had a melanoma removed and after 5 years they found some cancer cells in his lymph nodes which were also removed but another 5 years later it spread to his lungs, liver and bones and he only lived for 9 months. They said it could have come from when he was in the Royal Air Force stationed in Malaya in the 1950s when he worked on aircraft with no shirt on, although they couldn’t be absolutely sure. They said it can take 40 years to develop.
@kandacepatterson7965
@kandacepatterson7965 Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss why didnt they do a pet scan? That shows everything.
@gailcrowe727
@gailcrowe727 Жыл бұрын
@@kandacepatterson7965 I think they did do a pet scan on my husband. He had a lot of scans and different treatments.
@jrpacer6355
@jrpacer6355 6 жыл бұрын
I had stage 1 melanoma 5 years ago found mine when i was on the beach putting sun screen on my legs...It was caught early Thank God. I will always have to be on guard now for any type of cancer...We all do 💝
@RickElizz
@RickElizz 4 жыл бұрын
My wife had 2 melanomas and both were still encapsulated. She died of respiratory failure.
@vgandersonauthor
@vgandersonauthor 4 жыл бұрын
@@RickElizz What stage does "encapsulated" refer to?
@CraftingMyWorld
@CraftingMyWorld 5 жыл бұрын
I had a friend from High School (in Australia) who died at age 21 from melanoma. She baked and baked her fair skin & I remember seeing her lying in the sun during the school lunch break out on the sports oval. Skin cancer can strike at ANY age. No matter how old you are, get your skin checked & use sunscreen, a hat and cover up. Unfortunately in Australia, there is STILL this myth that a tan makes you look healthy & I wince at seeing people with sunburn or that are sunbaking. We have to change people's perceptions about tanning and sun-worshipping. And it is so, so sad for Krista's loved ones - my heart goes out to them and I am so sorry for their loss :-(
@deidrehaye7061
@deidrehaye7061 4 жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss!
@beverlymccarthy5981
@beverlymccarthy5981 Жыл бұрын
I am a 76 year old retired surgical nurse. I had a small bump on the top of my head last July, I thought it was a bug bite. Over the next few months it slowly grew & started to itch. I had my hairdresser take a picture of it with my phone so that I could see what it looked like and it didn't seem all that bad, maybe a cyst? I had my yearly appointment with my dermatologist on November 5th and she biopsied it thinking it was a basal cell like one I had a couple of years ago on my forehead. I was shocked when I saw the path report the next week on my portal, it said invasive Desmoplastic Melanoma. I had never heard of it as it's a rare type of Melanoma. By the time I saw the surgical oncologist on December 15th it had found another bump above my left ear. He did a punch biopsy of it and it was in transit metastatic Desmoplastic Melanoma. I was started on Keytruda immunotherapy on December 30 and in February I found a third bump above my left ear next to where the previous one was. So after 4 rounds of Keytruda, given by infusion every 3 weeks, I had surgery. The surgeon noticed a small nodule behind my left ear while looking at my scalp prior to taking me to the OR. The original tumor was found to be dead and the wide excision over and behind my ear had less than a 0.1 millimeter margin. The Keytruda infusions are being continued through the end of the year and a PET scan is planned for September. I was never a sun bather but I did go tubing once about 35 years ago where I got a bad sunburn. I use sunscreen every time I go out on a sunny day.
@SOSAYALLOFME
@SOSAYALLOFME 5 жыл бұрын
The video was so touching, then I get to the comments and just shake my head. There are some cold hearted people out there.
@Maria-zc6jp
@Maria-zc6jp 4 жыл бұрын
You are right
@eddiewood7573
@eddiewood7573 3 жыл бұрын
The cold hearted people do not nor have they ever had or been loved, they are to be pitied, they are their own cancers, just full of hate and anger.
@jolucas685
@jolucas685 2 жыл бұрын
I lost my wonderful Aunt Jan in March 2020 from melanoma...life just isn't as colourful without her presence.
@simka4874
@simka4874 Жыл бұрын
My mum died of melanoma. Her primary tumour had never been found. It had begun as a small tumour in her lymph node in the groin area. Melanoma then spread throughout mum's body except her brain. All what she hoped was no affected brain. Mum passed from failure to her GI system due to melanoma. It was horrendous and a very thorny path for all of us. Please take care of yourselves and do get checked. Love you all
@kandacepatterson7965
@kandacepatterson7965 Жыл бұрын
And yet it can be diagnosed with a pet scan..bit insurenace wont pay unless its warranted by a lympnode biopsy. Doctors wont order it unless you have a melanoma or something else..its just stupid.
@desiertoscacti5388
@desiertoscacti5388 Жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss!
@STARMOBB1
@STARMOBB1 11 ай бұрын
Yala imposters not meant to be here the stars of life DiStasi, just like it destroyed your mama
@shellysgall5654
@shellysgall5654 3 жыл бұрын
We’re nothing in this world simply nothing, and it’s painful for such great parent like this and the husband to living without their loved one, feel completely broken….
@flowerlm47
@flowerlm47 3 жыл бұрын
So sorry about the loss of your beautiful daughter. I had melanoma on my foot a few years ago. I was blessed by the that it was stage zero, in situ. I got two biopsies before I was given the all clear. I know firsthand that skin cancer does not discriminate. I live on Oahu. I hope that your daughter had amazing moments on whatever Hawaiian island she was visiting. Your family is in my prayers.❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️
@carolinefrederico1712
@carolinefrederico1712 Жыл бұрын
My sister-in-law was erroneously treated for a “wart” on her foot for a year. By the time it was diagnosed as melanoma, it had spread. My brother is trying to give her the best last years possible.
@flowerlm47
@flowerlm47 Жыл бұрын
@@carolinefrederico1712 I’m so sorry to hear that. It breaks my heart. 💔 Your family is in my prayers.❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️
@marciamusial9952
@marciamusial9952 Жыл бұрын
@flowerlm47. Cancer in-situ is “pre-cancer”.
@flowerlm47
@flowerlm47 Жыл бұрын
@@marciamusial9952 Regardless, I was blessed.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
@colleenjeffries3334
@colleenjeffries3334 5 жыл бұрын
So sad for your loss....
@scratchgolfermd
@scratchgolfermd 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This video will save so many lives.
@voiceofwisdom9596
@voiceofwisdom9596 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, you will be saving many lives! My brother has melanoma.....3 stage
@karenbennett4247
@karenbennett4247 Жыл бұрын
My Hubby had a melanoma on his head,he had a Stroke about 2 years before we found it. He had to get permission off all his Doctors to come off his medication. It took them 7 months to decide. He went in Hospital to have it removed, it came back as stage 4 Melanoma and that the Dr never took it all. I kept asking why he never had Chemo for it. This was ten years ago. 2 weeks before Christmas 2022 he went for a check up at the GP. He was sent for a CT Scan. It came back he has a Tumor in both Lungs his Liver Pancreas and spots on all his other organs. To say it has been a rough 5 months is an understatement. If only they gave him the treatment when he first got it cut out he might not be living on Death Row now. If you or anyone you know has Melanoma of any kind and it comes back malignant do not let them tell you that won't need treatment.
@carolstevens5679
@carolstevens5679 Жыл бұрын
My son was diagnosed im August 2016 w stage 4 melanoma je passed 22 months later..his was genetic and not on his skin..he had a lump on his side under his skin...not even a freckle...he was 38 when he passed 5 years ago last week.... horrible disease we miss him every day
@johnnyappleseedz422
@johnnyappleseedz422 Жыл бұрын
I am just now reading this and wanted to say I am sorry for your loss. I wish you peace and comfort as you continue to heal.
@Kepi_Kei
@Kepi_Kei Ай бұрын
Our family has a diagnosis of familial melanoma; I think that is what you are talking about. My grandma and my brother died from it. I have a biopsy in 4 days to see if I have it. It's unusual in that it is under my toenail. I've had it for months so it may be too late for me. I'm so sorry about your son.
@margaretcooper797
@margaretcooper797 5 жыл бұрын
So sad ,what a beautiful lady and her family will miss her so much.
@emsnewssupkis6453
@emsnewssupkis6453 6 жыл бұрын
My family lived in Arizona since before it became a state, long before, before the Civil War, even. WEAR HATS all the time, wear clothing that covers the arms and legs. Good grief! No one in my family ever had sun burns, we were trained to be very careful about the sun particularly, wearing big hats. I even collected Victorian hats from Value Village back in the 1960s. They cover everything! Even had veils.
@emsnewssupkis6453
@emsnewssupkis6453 6 жыл бұрын
Also, never ever get a sun tan! That is insanity.
@T9RX3
@T9RX3 5 жыл бұрын
@@emsnewssupkis6453 what??
@BigstickNick
@BigstickNick 2 жыл бұрын
gotta say, I think thats the way to go. Im so fair skin, I have to cover up
@marypevitt174
@marypevitt174 3 жыл бұрын
So sad , rip beautiful girl,
@PA-sb2jp
@PA-sb2jp 4 жыл бұрын
You need to be vigilant even if you avoid the sun, like me, and I had a MM in 2013, stage 1. I wear factor 50 all year round. I am fair skinned and auburn, living in the UK where we don’t have much sun in comparison to other countries. Take care.
@williamparker1085
@williamparker1085 Жыл бұрын
i lived in Australia for three years in the late sixties/early seventies and this was a very well known problem then and yet people still dont cover up
@bobs1356
@bobs1356 Жыл бұрын
So sorry for your loss.
@lindamastropietro4429
@lindamastropietro4429 Жыл бұрын
I get checked by a dermatologist and I check myself. I’m so so sorry about Christa
@margaretmanzer2194
@margaretmanzer2194 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry. I feel like everyone has had a bad burn at least one time or another, I know i have. Blessings to all of you.
@lindalou6808
@lindalou6808 Жыл бұрын
So lovely and young. May her family find comfort.
@dar7230
@dar7230 11 ай бұрын
I really want to opt out of treatment. Ive had a good life.i don't want to go through side effects,pain, hair loss Just not worth it,for me
@jeanniewerthman5218
@jeanniewerthman5218 5 ай бұрын
Do you currently have Melanoma?
@jeanniewerthman5218
@jeanniewerthman5218 5 ай бұрын
I just asked because I have it and they don’t treat it with chemotherapy. There shouldn’t be hair loss although I’m not saying it’s impossible but side effects are different with immunotherapy.
@OisinMcCrory-s6v
@OisinMcCrory-s6v 4 ай бұрын
RIP Krista!!
@Peace20247
@Peace20247 2 жыл бұрын
Truly heartbreaking 💔 So sorry 🙏
@marinaleal6590
@marinaleal6590 Жыл бұрын
I was diagnosed back in July for melanoma. I have surgery twice. I started immunotherapy back in November but, unfortunately it didn't work for me. Now it has spread on my bones, lungs, abdominal pelvic and lymph nodes on both groin. I just don't know how I long live in this stage now. Anyway I from Philippines.
@desiertoscacti5388
@desiertoscacti5388 Жыл бұрын
Hang in there, sending a big hug!
@jusbuzz9863
@jusbuzz9863 Жыл бұрын
hi how are you now?
@gm7095
@gm7095 Жыл бұрын
Please accept Jesus in your life, he will save you for eternal life. Repent to him for everything and accept him in your heart. He is waiting
@mtnhighhunters
@mtnhighhunters 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss. God be with you all.
@williamparker1085
@williamparker1085 3 жыл бұрын
lot of good god was you delusional clown
@sallyclay1974
@sallyclay1974 5 жыл бұрын
We have much more effective cancer treatment now, but people still waste away from it, depending what kind of cancer is in the body.
@bluesky4385
@bluesky4385 Жыл бұрын
I've had several skin cancers that were removed, and one that was Melanoma on my upper right arm. I had the Melanoma surgery 5 years ago and I'm checked every 6 months. So far i've been having good luck and the Dermatologist hasn't found anymore. I hope it stays that way. I have seriously thought of retiring to Arizona, but I worry how that much sun would impact someone that has had skin cancer? I can't seem to find any info on it, other than to wear sunscreen.
@johnnyappleseedz422
@johnnyappleseedz422 Жыл бұрын
I am in Arizona. This story is of a woman in Arizona. This is not the place to come if you are worried about cancer. Seek a place with less yearly sunshine. Like, the Washington State. Even then, wear sunblock!!
@dar7230
@dar7230 11 ай бұрын
​@@johnnyappleseedz422I do not care I'm retiring to Arizona. I can't tolerate the cold of East Coast I have endured. Skin cancer or not😂
@megatrends
@megatrends 6 жыл бұрын
My Lady gets her skin checked every once in a while. She's had a few "spots" removed using that kind of freeze drying process they do. it's simple, preventable and necessary. Once it makes it deep enough it gets into your lymph nodes and is very deadly. God bless this family and I always try to make people aware of getting checked.
@sbee985
@sbee985 2 жыл бұрын
hey J. Beau, all possible skin cancer checks should be biopsied so that they cut in where they get a depth of the layers of skin-It sounds worse than it is. There are shave biopsies also but they ruin the actual depth of what the mole/tumor could be, just shaving off some of the surface. I am replying to you because just having something that could be cancer frozen off allows the under-the-surface cancer to continue to grow and then it is not noticeable because it is not visible as much from the surface amymore. I learned these particular important facts while I had a melanoma stage 1, 10 years ago. Take good care of that lady! Catching it early saves lives!
@kellyfarley9678
@kellyfarley9678 Жыл бұрын
So very sorry
@Rp-pc1rl
@Rp-pc1rl Жыл бұрын
I grew up on the southern California beaches. I was a fair skin Irish girl. Blistered summers would eventually get very tanned. I've had 3 basel cell carcinomas on my face. One on my lip below my nose. Had the Mohs procedure. I ended up with 30 plus stiches flap procedure. Squamous cell carcinoma on forearm and ankle. Had Mohs procedure on my ankle. Had a freckle suddenly appear on my palm of hand. Doctor immediately wanted to remove it. It was pre-melenoma. Dermatologist told me he does not like moles or freckes on palms of hands or bottoms of feet or toes. Melanoma likes to get into mucous membranes and under nails. It looks like a brown vertical line on toes and finger nails. Moles that look smeared need to have look at and checked. Melanoma tends to affect the cells of those moles. Moles that get darker, thicker boarder changes go to the dermatologist. Don't wait, go to the doctor. It is nothing to get it removed. I just found out that some skin cancers can almost look skin colored. So anything that looks different, please go to a dermatologist.
@linden5576
@linden5576 Жыл бұрын
😭 I’m so so sorry for your loss I just wish there was no such thing as cancer😢
@ChappelFisher
@ChappelFisher Жыл бұрын
Bless her heart. So sorry
@davidp2707
@davidp2707 5 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss
@gavinmcclure8047
@gavinmcclure8047 Жыл бұрын
I had 2nd or 3rd degree sunburn as a child my father was supposed to be watching me but fell asleep I was outside playing I was 2-3 years old I still have scars . If I get hot the scars turn white while the rest of my skin will turn red. I have two melanomas one I just froze myself recently. The other I’m watching the one I froze I had for 8/9 years it was really big it grew about as big around as a dime and then grew out and looked like it was growing multiple heads like out of a horror movie.. I couldn’t stand looking at it anymore. This other one is almost as big around but hasn’t started growing outwards. I refuse to get treatment. My family history is full of cancer most men in my family don’t live much longer than my age now so I feel blessed already.
@sw6118
@sw6118 Жыл бұрын
The only treatment is to cut it out. Why refuse? Removing it is your first line of treatment. Freezing or burning them is a very superficial treatment. If it’s melanoma, you need to take out significant margins around and under it. You’ll need stitches, but you’ll be alive…
@annaposadowska7797
@annaposadowska7797 4 жыл бұрын
With love from UE ❤❤❤❤❤
@LAVirgo67
@LAVirgo67 Жыл бұрын
This is not just an issue for fair skinned people. A friend who is has dark olive skin w/ dark brown hair & brown eyes has had both melanoma & basal cell cancer. Both times doctors dismissed her because of her skin color. One doctor had written research papers on how people with darker skin get misdiagnosed all the time. Bob Marley died of skin cancer! Please have those moles checked.
@johnnyappleseedz422
@johnnyappleseedz422 Жыл бұрын
This is horrible. And sadly, the same way my Cousin died. From diagnosis to emergency brain surgery two days later, to remove a 5-inch tumor on the brain, to flatline; 22 days. It's horrible. And what I do not understand is, how did they identify the tumor, remove it, and she still died? Did they not do any further testing to see if it was in her body? My sincerest condolences to you and your family for the loss of your wife Krista.
@corinnedawnlewis9478
@corinnedawnlewis9478 Жыл бұрын
We lost out beautiful Emma at 21 to melanoma cancer on the 26th July 2023. Heartbroken.
@andysmith6218
@andysmith6218 6 ай бұрын
I’m so very sorry for your loss.
@shannonscheffel7366
@shannonscheffel7366 Жыл бұрын
Even if you find melanoma and have it removed you you need to continue to be vigilant. I lost two friends to recurring melanoma.
@waterbird91
@waterbird91 3 жыл бұрын
She died on Christmas Day due to dehydration in L.E.C.O.M. Nursing home. They didn't even know enough to give her water. She got SEPSIS in that nursing home. L.E.C.O.M. (Lake Erie College of Medicine) HUH. Good for nothing.
@davinastanton3865
@davinastanton3865 3 жыл бұрын
anna I am so sorry you lost your precious Mam. I left you a message on the post you said your precious Mam had passed with Melanoma. 🌹
@Cruella-Deville
@Cruella-Deville 4 жыл бұрын
she was a lovely looking woman RIP
@paulalaurie7935
@paulalaurie7935 11 ай бұрын
My husband and I have had our first full body mole map of all our spots. I am 77 he is 78. I was ok but they found 4 suspicious blemishes on him and he had them surgically removed. Two were positive for melanoma. We are going to have a check up every year now.
@ellenhaben1217
@ellenhaben1217 2 жыл бұрын
God bless her 🙏💖
@shaylynnstanhope6439
@shaylynnstanhope6439 2 жыл бұрын
Take care of your skin its the largest organ on your body and first line of defense i work in dermatology doing mohs surgery trust me when I say you don't want the dermatologist taking off so much skin that they have to put a skin graft on
@kandacepatterson7965
@kandacepatterson7965 Жыл бұрын
Just diagnosed with stg 2 melanoma ulcerated and deep where used in my results. Im 69. I told the sugeon..take minimal margins..Im not doing any lymph node anything and NO SKIN GRAPHS NONE! If its in me its in me. Too late now.
@anniesimone
@anniesimone Жыл бұрын
​@@kandacepatterson7965Pls, if stage 2, do what ever is needed and do not let them just be fine with it is now removed. There is immune therapy nowadays which prevents it to spread any further for a long time.
@malibuugirl6627
@malibuugirl6627 5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like they failed to treat her properly after removing the cancer. We had a friend have skin cancer removed and they sent him on his merry way. No chemo, no radiation, no follow ups (from what I know). By the time they discovered he was Stage 4, which was not long after the surgery, he had less than a year to live. So they need to advocate for checking for skin cancer, but also for better follow-up care.
@pnklady3788
@pnklady3788 5 жыл бұрын
I work in this area. Chemo doesn't generally work for melanoma and the only time it is used is if a clinical trial is available. Other than surgery, as a general rule, there are very few treatments for melanoma.
@SusanSlattery
@SusanSlattery 4 жыл бұрын
@@pnklady3788 Well, now, what about immunotherapy? Interferon anyone?
@jennymachin5532
@jennymachin5532 3 жыл бұрын
@@SusanSlattery ..immunotherapy is only offered to patients who are stage 3 and 4 I know many who have gone from stage 1 then years later a seizure showed they had melanoma mets in the brain...stage 4
@kcrob1977
@kcrob1977 3 жыл бұрын
My friend died in just a few months from melanoma, and her wasn’t found on the outside of her body, but it was all internal. Very rare. She found out in July that she was stage four and she was gone by October.
@ModelingTabi
@ModelingTabi 2 жыл бұрын
@@kcrob1977 woah, so how did they find it and how did they know it was internal melanoma??
@annedennett7974
@annedennett7974 Жыл бұрын
My son died of this horrible disease in August 2021. He was 44.
@alysononoahu8702
@alysononoahu8702 5 жыл бұрын
My sister died at 42 I've had MOHS and reconstructive NOSE SUGERY
@lindamastropietro4429
@lindamastropietro4429 Жыл бұрын
I stopped tanning. Thank you.
@gailbenes4583
@gailbenes4583 10 ай бұрын
Just found out I have a spot that is melanoma. Will make sure my spouse checks my back often. That is where the doctor found the spot. Prayers for your family.
@truckingwithtobee
@truckingwithtobee 9 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! I drive a semi daily from Las Vegas to phoenix, and I see a billboard that has this lady’s picture on it, and it says melanoma kills. I see it every single day. And it scares me because she was only two years older than I am. The reason why I’m looking up anything melanoma right now is two days ago my husband came to me and told me to check something out on his scalp and as soon as I saw it, I knew it was something bad. We still don’t know what it, is we have a doctor appointment this coming Monday but I have a sinking feeling that it’s melanoma
@Rainingcatsndog
@Rainingcatsndog 6 ай бұрын
How did ur husband make out?
@dandonald8560
@dandonald8560 Жыл бұрын
my wife died from melanoma as well as she didn't know she had it till she got this lump under her arm pit but had already spread to her brain and lungs as she was a fit woman as was nursing at the time but it spreads so quickly as it's a silent killer if you don't pick it up quickly enough rip
@carolinaperez9809
@carolinaperez9809 6 ай бұрын
My husband has melanoma cancer stage one and I’m afraid he’s going to die 😞
@lorilesage8088
@lorilesage8088 6 ай бұрын
Sun. It’s a good & bad thing. But how much sun? When I was a teen, we rubbed baby oil all over our bodies to lay out in the sun. All of us! It was a trend. My sister & I looked like red lobsters! Being a fair skinned brunettes, we realized this is wrong. It was painful! Once I began to use sunscreen I realized I didn’t have a choice. It made the sun on me better. My skin happy. God gave me and all of us the skin color we have. The whole sun-worshipping thing is risky. Don’t do it! We look perfect just the way we are. The sun is good, but can also be bad. Take care of your skin!
@anniesimone
@anniesimone Жыл бұрын
It seems to me, all Melanoma patients should have chemo treatment, no matter the stage. It is somewhat Jeopardy to do check ups only on the skin, when it can pop up internally at any time. I constantly hear of people who removed a melanoma, then was "freed" and only doing check ups on skin, then some years later they have it internally, even if it initially was only a stage 1 or 2. Why not get chemo directly to prevent that?
@Valturnaqueen
@Valturnaqueen Жыл бұрын
Chemo is not very effective for melanoma. Immunotherapy is now being used and extending lives.
@peshpeshabdulla
@peshpeshabdulla 5 жыл бұрын
covering skin with dressing protect skin from sun damage
@IndonesianNewbie
@IndonesianNewbie 11 ай бұрын
yes it kills my mom a month ago
@seanwinter6140
@seanwinter6140 4 жыл бұрын
it not 20 percent risk death. since immunotherapy and targeted therapy drugs? the survival is now above 50 percent. did she not recieve these new drugs?
@laurieross8157
@laurieross8157 4 жыл бұрын
My husband has stage 4 melanoma. He was diagnosed 3 yrs ago at stage 3. He had a rare form that caused a fungating tumor. He had surgery to remove it and all the lymph nodes in his groin. Then he had 3 months of immunotherapy. At the end of the 3 months he had tumors again . Immunotherapy does not work on all people or cancers. He was put on a chemo pill combo and it had worked up until about a month ago.
@AngelaAnnAlberto1968
@AngelaAnnAlberto1968 Жыл бұрын
I had 2 times and bless they were removed and and now i get checked year ever year
@yesyouareherefinally
@yesyouareherefinally 8 ай бұрын
Australia was not meant for European skin type.
@markadams2923
@markadams2923 5 жыл бұрын
Free Dr York
@lilydauber3147
@lilydauber3147 Жыл бұрын
If you know the Lord, You need nobody else, To see you through The darkest night. You can walk alone, You only need the Lord To keep you on the road Marked right. Take time to pray, every day; And when you're heading home, He'll show you the way. If you know the Lord, You need nobody else, To see the Light, God's wonderful Light.
@jukkao.parviainen8669
@jukkao.parviainen8669 4 жыл бұрын
Fenbenzadole would not work in this...??
@wakandamemes2880
@wakandamemes2880 5 жыл бұрын
I have melonoma and I am going to die soon . There's nothing I can do to get well . Was I good god ??
@jd-hj5ed
@jd-hj5ed 5 жыл бұрын
Do you know Jesus? Have you asked forgiveness for those times you were less a person than you should have been? If so, you are good enough because He was good enough. Also, you did not get this because you were not good enough. All of us have genetic or environmental issues that lead to illness. Again, not your fault.
@colleenjeffries3334
@colleenjeffries3334 5 жыл бұрын
Honey, bless your heart. Give your heart to God and He will get you through this. My prayers for you. God be with you always.
@kalilou2
@kalilou2 5 жыл бұрын
I have cancer of the lung. I’m 48!years old and not smoked fir 21 years. It’s awful to go through it. I’m so sorry for you. I’ve gone onto cannabis oil although I have had treatment. My thoughts are with you love xx ❤️
@kalilou2
@kalilou2 5 жыл бұрын
Wakanda Memes try cannabis oil x
@didi7680
@didi7680 5 жыл бұрын
@@jd-hj5ed being good does not save you. Romans 10:9 is the key
@ท้าว.จันทะสอนหานชะนะ
@ท้าว.จันทะสอนหานชะนะ 4 жыл бұрын
ขอ้ยบ่รู้ว่าเจ้าเปันยังนำเรา
@IgnacioAgramonte
@IgnacioAgramonte 6 жыл бұрын
OUR TIME IS ALREADY WRITTEN IN GOD 'S BOOK.............
@dansherwood9851
@dansherwood9851 4 жыл бұрын
Her husband has issues on his face as well.
@lindamastropietro4429
@lindamastropietro4429 7 ай бұрын
Beautiful girl
@adhikariindia
@adhikariindia 3 жыл бұрын
Auto urine-therapy and medicinal mushroom
@Logico75345
@Logico75345 3 жыл бұрын
It is tough but people all other world go through more difficult things than this
@anniesimone
@anniesimone Жыл бұрын
Doesn't make it easier for each and others cases although. One persons tragedy is just as horrific as another ones, impossible to "measure" "difficult things", what is felt and experienced like a massive thing for one person, IS a massive and difficult thing for that person, no matter if another person experience something worse.
@leilo330
@leilo330 4 жыл бұрын
That's what you get for wanting to look like old leather belt! I love my fair skin!
@chloecrayk4899
@chloecrayk4899 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think she looked too dark and definitely didn’t look like leather. Anyone can get melanoma. It’s most common on your head cause you cannot see a lesion cause it’s covered by hair. I had malignant melanoma in 2018 and had to have surgery. The dr. Said if I would have waited another 6 months it could have spread to my lynph nodes and I would have died. My husband made me go to the dr appointment cause I fought him on it. He saved my life. Even if you have fair skin you should still be careful. Melanoma is the most serious skin cancer there is. Take care of yourself
@bet6277
@bet6277 5 жыл бұрын
The pigs are dying from sun
@elhajjmalikel6266
@elhajjmalikel6266 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao! Thanking the ancestors for my melanin!
@CanineGrowTime
@CanineGrowTime 3 жыл бұрын
How is someone dying of cancer funny? Cancer kills us left and right too. And Melanoma and skin cancer doesn't just kill white people. How would you feel if someone mocked your loved ones death from cancer?? Just heartless and rude.
@poespas68
@poespas68 Жыл бұрын
@@elhajjmalikel6266 Bob Marley was white?
@paislineal
@paislineal 9 ай бұрын
@@elhajjmalikel6266hate to break it to you but you can still get skin cancer. especially if you mock other people with cancer because karma exists. hope nothing comes back to bite you.
@elhajjmalikel6266
@elhajjmalikel6266 9 ай бұрын
@@paislineal I'm not mocking anyone. I'm just grateful for this natural protection I was blessed with. It was people that looked just like you who wanted people like me to believe it was a badge of shame to have melanin. Have you ever stopped to think that for many people that look like you that this is your collective negative karma for things y'all have done against people that look like me?
@andysmith6218
@andysmith6218 6 ай бұрын
Have had three separate melanomas removed in the last seven years. Please be vigilant and get your skin checked annually. You owe it to your loved ones and yourself.
@Truth-lx8pm
@Truth-lx8pm 2 жыл бұрын
Parents standing there with a Tan lol
@STARMOBB1
@STARMOBB1 11 ай бұрын
Ha, ha, ha ha, ha ha I love these type of stories burn baby burn sunblock doesn’t work and it’s only gonna get hotter
@cumminsfj4586
@cumminsfj4586 2 ай бұрын
I have a melanoma on my stomach, had it for 8 years and never showed doctor until recently as i was too busy working full time. Problem is I've been suffering with unexplained chronic neurological issues and severe pain and headaches for 5 years now so I hope it's not connected.
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