Hi, Huggy here. I am 57 and within two months of retirement. Fell into this website today so this is all very new. It is scary to see how widespread this horrible thing is. Three years ago I had a malignant melanoma (rated 1.5 out of 5) removed from my wrist. I had 6 monthly check ups however missed the last one due to a fishing trip (real bright I know). The next thing I know I felt a lump under my armpit and immediately had a needle biopsy which came back as third stage melanoma. I have since had CT and Pet scans and Ultrasounds and blood tests. Surgery to remove the melanoma ( which was a combined mass of melanomic nodes) and all glands in that area took place nearly three ago. It is soon to be decision time. More pathology reports will give me an idea as to which course of treatment to follow. If the pathology report indicates there are aggressive mutants then he has suggested I may want to join a clinical trial. I'm ok with this providing it doesn't delay any other choices of treatment. He downplayed the choice of having radiotherapy as there is no proof that this 100% works. The drug interferon was discussed and this sounds like an option Looking at this website there are a whole lot of people worst off than me and I feel humble in being able to share my story. Regards Huggy ... View more