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Hi Everyone,
Just thought I would pop on here and make a post about Charlie. Charlie has been diagnosed to have Malignant Skin Melanoma. We found out last week after he had a mole a little larger than the end of a pencil eraser. It was removed, along with a large area surrounding it and biopsied. When we went back last week to get his stitches removed this is what we were told. Charlie, there are 3 types of skin cancer. Unfortunately you have the kind no one wants to get. Yours is Malignant Melanoma. It is a very serious and deadly cancer. We must go back in and remove more of the area around what we have removed already. It will be biopsied again and we hope it has not spread already. You will need to watch your glands for swelling and get them checked immediately for melanoma in your lymph nodes. Melanoma can attack any where on or in your body. We need to keep it from your lymph nodes if possible.
This time because they are going to have to remove a larger area and then stretch the skin to close it, he has to go to an out patient facility and be put under. That is scheduled to take place on the 26Th.
I am so happy that Charlie listened to me and had our doctor to look at the mole right away. It is unbelievable how fast this cancer grows and it is important to find it in early stages. We found it early and I pray his body is not too weak to fight.
His father, siblings and children have a 50% likely hood that they will develop a melanoma. So I had to contact them and let them know they need to see a dermatologist and be checked from head to toe.
Please pray for good results with this next extraction.
Please watch yourselves and protect your skin. The photos I have seen on websites of this disease are the most hideous thing I have seen. It does affect young people. Not all melanomas are black. Not all black melanoma moles are of irregular shape. Charlies was perfectly round.
Charlie has been using very strong UV protection for years now because some of his medications can cause sun burns. He uses an 85. However, because of all the years he burned so badly in Florida as a child, the damage was done,.
Please, please, please check your body and protect your skin.