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Malignant melanoma of the choroid in the eye
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I did see the post from @sszantay and was encouraged. That is where I am at also. I have trust in God to see my family and I through this. That is the only explanation for why I got to the eye doctor when I did and why this was found early as I have zero symptoms.
I took my 15 year old son mountain biking yesterday which is something he’s been wanting to do all summer and we had a great time. Today will be spent probably enjoying time with my other son who is 12. My wife and I will be leaving for Rochester on Sunday morning and the plaque will be placed on Monday and removed Friday. My wife will be with me the whole week as we live over 600 miles from Rochester. We rented a VRBO which will be considerably more comfortable than a hotel room. We are just looking forward to getting this next week done with and get back to our normal routine.
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@jlstaloch In case you are interested, in the Ken Burns documentary about Mayo Clinic, one of the patient stories they followed was about melanoma in the eye of a young woman who was also pregnant at the time. She was very concerned about having cancer or possibly loosing the baby. Spoiler alert- she did just fine and her eye was saved as well as the baby . I have seen the documentary on DVD for sale in the gift shop at Mayo (lower level Gonda building) and at St. Mary's hospital. It has been a few years since it aired on PBS. It may help you to see and hear another patient talk about facing similar diagnosis and treatment. There are several other patient stories too as well as the history of Mayo Clinic and advancement in medicine in the last 150 years.
https://www.pbs.org/show/the-mayo-clinic/
My husband had melanoma on his hand, so we are pretty vigilant about follow up screening, and we were also very lucky it was caught in time. I presume you will be following up regularly as you get past this treatment with cancer screenings. There is a genetic test called a Castle Test that predicts risk for cancers, and my husband scored fairly high risk on that test. His treatment wasn't at Mayo, but I am a Mayo patient for spine and ankle surgery. You'll be in good hands and taken care of with compassion.