Malignant melanoma of the choroid in the eye
My husband was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma in his eye last May. He had a radioactive plate inserted in his eye for four days the beginning of June. The melanoma has a 50% chance of spreading to the lungs, lymph nodes and liver. Has anyone in this group experienced this diagnosis?
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I had ocular melanoma, that was seven years ago. It was successful, but now it went to the liver, I h as d embolization of the tumor and will start immunotherapy. I now it is so hard, to deal with. They say many positive things
I had ocular melanoma with gama knife and has also spread to my liver was set up to start treatment
On March 16, 2023 I was diagnosed with Ciliary body & choroidal melanoma. I also have a "pigment dusting" over the iris. I am being treated at Mayo in Jacksonville. I was given the option to treat the tumor with plaque radiation and just monitor the dusting. Another option was to remove the entire eye. We chose the radiation at this point. That happened 4/21 and removed 4/25. I sometimes wonder if I should have just removed the eye! So far my CT of the abdomen, chest X-ray and bloodwork does not show metastasis in organs BUT, based on notes in this blog, that in some people it took months to show their cancer spreading.
I meet with my oncologist Wednesday. I want to be prepared to ask the right questions. Can anyone contribute and let me know what questions I should be asking.
How is your husband doing since his immunotherapy?
Welcome @tiredfarmer. Have you started treatment? what treatments are you having?
@me1229, how did the meeting with your oncologist go earlier this month? What next steps do you decide upon?
I am waiting to hear what the results are of my byopsy. how did your therapy work for you? I'm so scared.
Hi. I was diagnosed and treated in 2018. I had the radiation patch and was cancer free up until today. It has spread to my liver. Is there any body still on here I can talk to? I have so many questions. I also have Multiple Sclerosis and I am worried about how this may affect it.
Has anyone had it spread to their brain? I'm so scared.
Hi @dontteachhate45, I'm tagging fellow members @twocents @sunflower319 @tiredfarmer @me1229, who also have experience with melonoma of the eye that has spread to share their experiences with you.
Don, has the spread to your liver been confirmed? I know you were waiting for the results. What is the plan moving forward?
I saw that! It was a good show.