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Ms. Toad

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14. Stories are good things.

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #9)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 01:01 PM

Jun 2022

I have a divot out of my right frearm (sarcoma - a very aggressive cancer), covered by a (now) 2" x 2.5" graft with 1/2" stitch marks extending out like sun rays around it.

Since I occasionally dive with sharks, and it looks a bit like Frankenstein's stitched-together face, I call it my shark-bite-Franken-arm.

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My melanoma nightmare update. [View all] fightforfreedom Jun 2022 OP

Thank you for the update. StarryNite Jun 2022 #1

So far so good. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #3

I've been on Keytruda for two and a half years. Staph Jun 2022 #2

Wow! That's a long time. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #4

So glad you're getting the treatment you need, frustrating as it may be. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #5

Thank you. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #6

Good luck and good health. Cheers! ( to that chaser) n/t TeamProg Jun 2022 #7

I am glad things are going well. Six months will have gone by before you know it. LoisB Jun 2022 #8

Thanks! What story are you concocting to explain the scar? Too late for a dueling souvenir. Make Karadeniz Jun 2022 #9

Stories are good things. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #14

!!!!! Not me!!!! Karadeniz Jun 2022 #17

The sharks I swim with are pretty docile. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #19

!!!!! Not me!!!! Karadeniz Jun 2022 #20

How about barracudas? Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #21

They're worse! They don't casually amble around like sharks, they stand way back and then fly Karadeniz Jun 2022 #22

25-30 mph. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #23

I don't think I'd be afraid of a manatee... my speed! Karadeniz Jun 2022 #24

Someday I'll go swim with manatees. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #26

Saw a sleeping 7' nurse shark today. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #27

So glad you're getting treatment. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #10

Tell people that you only found out after the operation DFW Jun 2022 #11

Can I ask how you discovered the melanoma if it didn't show itself? Bev54 Jun 2022 #12

I had a small cyst in the same area, not related to the melanoma. fightforfreedom Jun 2022 #16

Yes damn lucky. Bev54 Jun 2022 #18

Great for no side effects and healing well, F. Hortensis Jun 2022 #13

Thank you for keeping us updated, fightforfreedom. calimary Jun 2022 #15

sending your face good vibes Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #25