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[quote=Anonymous]I am very sorry about your parents & can understand how their suffering & deaths from cancer (particularly at relatively young ages) makes you more sensitive to things like this. That being said, melanoma is a scary diagnosis to get as melanoma is,by far, the deadliest form of skin cancer. I don'the know what stage your friend's melanoma was but is very possible to have [b]stage 3 [/b]melanoma & not end up needing chemo, radiation, etc, but it generally takes several weeks from the diagnosis -- during which time something called a central node biopsy is performed -- to find out whether or not this kind of further treatment is necessary  (& if it is, that means that the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes &, generally speaking, melanoma does not have a good prognosis in these cases). If this was the case with your friend, I can see how going through those stressful weeks could have had a lasting effect on her. No, it is not the same thing as having to go through several months (or more) but it is still very difficult.

Also, even when it is diagnosed before it spreads to the lymph nodes, having had melanoma can negatively impact one'side projected life expectancy as it means that one's chances of being diagnosed with melanoma again or with other forms of cancer down the road is significantly heightened. In fact, even though survivors of most forms of cancer -- regardless of stage -- are eligible to donate bone marrow after being in remission for 5 years, all but stage 0 melanoma survivors are ineligible to donate bone marrow for the rest of their lives.

Please try to have some empathy for what your frien has been through even if it does seem minor in comparison to what others, like your parents  have suffered.[/quote]

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