Hi all,
My dad had melanoma last year which was excised, they went back in and found borders so excised again. He had scans that were all clear, then more scans that were all clear. Then he found a lump and now his scans aren't clear and we think it's come back and metastasized.
When he bought the information across to us I very firmly adopted the 'well there's nothing I can do until I have more information' attitude. I'm a scientist so I like all the facts. Then my partner asked what I thought the prognosis was and I repeated that I'd rather wait for the experts. He starts immunotherapy in the next few weeks and has his big consultant meeting next week and so I foolishly started reading things. And all I found were horrifying 5 year survival rates and information about the lethality of metastasizing melanoma and it all just hit me today that my dad might not survive for another 3 years and I don't know what to do.
Anyway, you folks seemed like a lovely bunch and I thought I'd ask whether anyone had any tips on how to not just sit and eat cookies and cry because I don't think that's a hugely productive use of my time!
Many thanks in advance!
