My MELANOMA Symptoms: Rich's Skin Cancer Story | The Patient Story

Rich B. was an avid marathon runner who spent a lot of time outdoors but he never imagined he would melanoma. For a while, he noticed a dark spot on his chest, and then one day a similar spot appeared on his leg. The spot on his leg grew and changed rapidly which led him to visit the dermatologist. After a body exam and biopsy, results showed Rich had melanoma.
Initially, Rich believed melanoma only affected the skin, but he learned it had metastasized after doctors found a tumor on his lymph node.
Video chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 My first melanoma symptoms
02:16 Going to the dermatologist
03:18 Learning I had skin cancer
04:41 Understanding melanoma staging
08:04 Getting surgery
11:29 The hardest part of my cancer journey
17:24 Words of advice
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[@lanebashford3982]

Rich, not sure if you know Mike Linn here at youtube but he's got stage 4 melanoma and is currently in remission. He's a great source of info on his particular type of cancer and he might be able to help you since you and he have a lot in common. He's also very gung ho and assertive about his care and treatment. Best of luck to you and I'm praying for your full recovery.

[@sonjajefferson23]

Thanks for ur testimony. Very helpful and informative.

[@doriasalmon4790]

My brother had subungal melanoma ( small dark spot under his thumb nail), we thought nothing of it and maybe he hit it while at work, but it started to grow fast and the primary doctor told him to put neosporin ointment on it and come back in 6 weeks…. What a mistake. He finally had it biopsies after going into the ER and it was melanoma. Amputation of thumb did not save him since it had spread to lymph. It was the headache that took him to the MD and he had tumors in his brain. Chemo did nothing. He went so quick. This was 2013. I am glad to hear treatment for melanoma has advanced and hopefully folks with melanoma can now look forward to a healthy lifespan.

[@shantishanti1949]

So sorry for your loss - sincere condolences 🙏🙏 Appreciate your sharing how insignificant things are dark spot under a nail dismissed can take your life. Again so sorry for your loss 🙏

[@doriasalmon4790]

@@shantishanti1949 thank you kindly

[@jmr9735]

I know there's a month dedicated to melanoma awareness, but I don't think there's really enough information. I'm with Rich - I never gave it much thought, and I know we're not alone. Even when I found out I had it, I didn't think much of it. When I told various people, they basically just shrugged it off because it's always just assumed it'll be cut out (and in very early cases, the person is given a cream) and that's it. It wasn't until after I had surgery that I started searching out more information. I was fortunate that mine turned out to be stage 1, even though I had a spot on my leg for a year and a half.

[@maddyk8505]

i'm so confused is this kind man in remission? These endings drive me nuts!! Another one on my brain chain but it sure we be nice of the endings of these videos weren't so random! let us know how he is doing so we can pray specifically 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@claireoconor7986]

Thank you so much for your informative testimony. It was extremely helpful.

[@ThePatientStory]

Thank you so much for watching! Please let us know if there are any topics that would be helpful to cover!

[@erinscovell1039]

Just beginning my melanoma journey, and I am terrified. Mine is under my right breast.

[@tracymcgrath1192]

Very sneaky. I’m a derm nurse and it’s really a nasty cancer ❤🙏

[@ThePatientStory]

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[@cheryllauscher4804]

Did you get the Covid vaccine?

[@sueu6263]

Why do you ask that ?

[@noelle1225]

Good question. There is absolutely no correlation between the Covid vaccine, or any vaccine, and any type of cancer.

[@Ragdollcatlover]

@@sueu6263because some idiots think they are immune to cancer if they didn’t get vaccinated against Covid. As if cancer didn’t exist before. They can’t cope with the reality that any one of us can get sick and die.

[@marmarg1968]

Because cancer has been on rise since, i'm curious too!@@sueu6263

[@samtan4729]

There's unfortunately misinformation going around, falsely linking cancers to the COVID vaccine. Don't fall for it!!