Stage 4 Cancer Patient Vlog: How I was Diagnosed with Melanoma - Twice!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I am a stage 4 melanoma patient who makes videos to help myself, other people with cancer, and their loved ones.
In this video I discuss how I knew I had cancer both times (spoiler alert - I didn't). I also address a question I've gotten a few times in the last couple weeks - "should I be worried I have cancer?"
Cancer awareness and cancer mental health aren't just for patients. These questions are extremely valid, and if I can help to give a realistic view of what a young adult getting cancer looks like, I'm happy to.
I'm going to try and be as open of a book as possible, so please do like and subscribe so that these videos keep getting traction.
My aunt had melanoma at 80 and given 13% chance of 3 years. She celebrated her 90th.
That's amazing to hear! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you. My mom just got diagnosed with stage IV brain cancer. These videos are so very helpful. ♥️ love from GA
My grandpa died from melanoma 35 years ago. He was diagnosed and died 3 months later. I'm so glad people have more options now. I don't even think he had chemo it was so fast. I will be watching your journey 😊. All good vibes!
Thank you for sharing, and I wish there had been more options back then. I really appreciate you watching and sending the good vibes :)
I noticed a mole on my neck getting darker and larger. I had this mole for years so when it started to change, I made an appointment with my Dermatologist and he immediately did a needle biopsy and let the room for quite some time. When he returned he told me this mole was benign and removed it the same day. He told me most people ignore the fact the mole they have is changing and not seeking medical help. Usually by the time they do, it has advanced to Stage 4. I am glad I watched your video and got myself checked out. I subscribed. Take Care
Coolest shirt ever! I'm impressed with your series of articulate videos!
Subscribed!
I was in the best shape of my life 3 years ago: personal trainer, yoga instructor, prepping to compete when I was diagnosed in San Luis Obispo! Never been sick in my life until this. Still trying to wrap my head around it!
It's wild how much cancer can transform our lives, identities, and outlooks. All we can do is try to make it work. Hoping all the best for you :)
I was misdiagnosed at age 32 with a dysplastic Nevus. After quickly growing back a year later, I was diagnosed with nevoid pattern melanoma. It was a melanoma according to the slides from the year before. Trust your gut!!! I literally had to argue with my physician to take another look at this mole growing back. I've been extremely Lucky!!!! 25 years and no other issues!!! Wait times of 11 weeks to get into a doctor's office is UNACCEPTABLE!!!!
My daughter was diagnosed with Melanoma stage 3a beginning December and being so young I think it has a huge emotional impact!
Did she take the COVID jabs, so many young people are going down with cancers, mainly aggressive ones too
The journey continues....beyond this cancer diagnosis. I am sending love. And of course, I subscribed.
You’re the best!! Thanks for continuing to share 🙏🏻
I just called today to make an appointment to have a mole on my chest checked out. I was surprised, and a little confused, at how hard they worked to get me in by tomorrow. Now, I'm glad. Best of luck to you on your journey and thank you for sharing your story!
Hi, Peggy! I'm glad you got in to be seen so quickly, and I hope everything is clear for you. I appreciate the kind words, as well :)
Hi Mike, I just came across your videos via reddit. Thanks for sharing. My brother has stage 3D melanoma, so I’m on an info quest. He’ll be going through immunotherapy, like you. Appreciate your videos and have of course, subscribed.
Hey Kate! Honored that you found my videos, and hopefully they can help you and your brother see what other people in similar situations are experiencing. Feel free to reach out on any platform; I wish you and your brother all the best!
Rectal cancer survivor s3n2. It’s not an easy fight! Don’t give up.
Thanks, Michelle. Extra support from people like you who have gone through it definitely helps!
I’m an open book if you have any questions. It runs in my family and we’ve have both survivors and deaths from colon cancer. It is also on both sides of my family. Yeah, I was born that lucky!
Best wishes on your recovery!
I have had 2 melanoma moles and luckily they were caught in the early stages. Praying for you🙏
Thanks! Happy to hear they were caught early; stage 4 is a pretty cool club, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it 😂
Fantastic explanation Mike, you have a new subscriber!!
Best wishes hope you heal fast
Hey man, good luck to you. What happens now? You look great and I hope you get well so you can get on with your life. You seem like a good man.
I think from here I keep facing whatever comes my way. I am optimistic and plan to get through it, but it's a long road. Cheers!
Inbetween videos mike, google pancreatic cancer and malassezia then the more general term malassezia and cancer then malassezia and melanoma. This fungi has been known of since the 1800s but thought to be part of the skin microbiome and not existing internally, that was until 2019 when studying pancreatic cancer in mice it was found in abundance insde the tumors and outside. They then treated the mice with antifungals and the tumors stopped growing, then stopped the antifungals and the tumors started growing again, this led the researchers to test humans, it was identical. More recently a study was done on 35 different types of cancer and included 17000 individual tumors and found large quantities in them. This is most likely the biggest breakthrough ever for those with cancer, and should now be treated as a fungal disease not as a cell that mysteriously went awry and kept multiplying as people have been led to believe. What have cannabis oil, fenbendazole, ivermectin, apricot kernels, hydroxychloraquine, bicarbonate of soda got in common? They have all been used to resolve cancer, they are also strong antifungals.
I have melanoma diagnosis came almost 4 years ago and so far has not reoccurred. My derm found it on my shoulder and I couldn’t see it. Even when the doc took a picture and showed it to me and I still didn’t think it looked like much. If it were not for her I would have never gotten it treated.
I hope that you stay in remission! Melanoma is sneaky and aggressive (got me twice!) but modern medicine is getting better and better at keeping it away.
Mike, there are some great docs in Santa Barbara just fyi in an emergency.
Sending loads of luck.
I have had Melanoma and Melanima( istu which is very early melanoma) that one I noticed a new mark on my leg and mentioned it to my Dr. At the time he said we would watch it but he felt it was nothing. After a year I mentioned it again and he did a punch biopsy 2 days later. He felt really bad when the result came back. Had it excised a week later and all margins were clear. Recently I noticed another mole had changed and at my Dr appt they excised it right on the spot, chose not to biopsy it given my history. Thank goodness it came back negative. I'm just very vigilant about my moles and freckles and I have lots of them. I'm a redhead and growing up I had multiple sunburns, very bad ones. I'm now 65.
Glad to hear that you got the results you did given the scare you had. We have to be so vigilant for such an aggressive cancer. Thank you for sharing :)
Shirley here, it takes for ever to get appointments for a doctor, it seems because of covid o lot of doctors quit.
My basocelular cancer took three years to get a correct diagnosis.
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Sorry you’re going through this. I just want to remind folks that even if you’re not fair skinned, you can still get skin cancer. So if you have a spot that looks funny, just get it checked out.
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Good luck to you Mike. I also had skin cancer in two spots. Started as a sore that would keep coming back .6-7 years later I went and had it biopsied. Yep the big C word. I hope you continue to fight and win! Prayers to you..
I’m not sure but I think Melanoma is a worst diagnosis for younger people than older people. It seems older people get more dermatological melanomas from decades of sun exposure that are more easily diagnosed and removed whereas melanoma in younger people is more genetic and not caused by the sun?
I have no idea, but I can follow the logic there - really interesting thought! I'll ask my oncologist about it; thanks for bringing that up.
My sister had stage 4 Melanoma and never even knew she had it, she has half of her face removed jaw eye ball nose roof of her mouth, long story short it was stage 4 and she passed :( stay on top of it, Its no joke
Melanoma is so aggressive and so deadly; I'll always be vigilant and even that can only do so much. It's miserable to hear about your sister, and I can't imagine that pain for both her and you. Thank you for sharing.