An Eye-Opening Experience Through a Metastatic Melanoma Journey
June 18, 2021Guest blog from Kyle Lewis, a stage IV metastatic melanoma survivor: Clank. Clank. Clank thud. Whoosh. Dang – my range is off. Clank. Whoosh. Whoosh. Ouch. I better get out of here before somebody sees me. It was November 2019 and I was out shooting …
Carla Tressell’s Journey with Ocular Melanoma
June 11, 2021Guest blog from Carla Tressell who started her journey with OM in 2004: My name is Carla Tressell and I live with my husband, Jim, and our dog, Axle, in Arvada, CO. My journey with ocular melanoma (OM) began in the Summer of 2004 when my optometrist f …
Melanoma Awareness Month: In Memory of Jim Marks
May 21, 2021Guest blog from Sibby Dawson, daughter of Jim Marks who passed away from stage IV melanoma in 2018: My father, Jim Marks, was first diagnosed with stage IV melanoma in January 2014 after discovering a lump under his armpit. They had removed a melanoma …
Melanoma Awareness Month: Spreading the Message of Vincero!
May 21, 2021Guest blog from Mary Forni, in memory of her husband James who passed away from melanoma in 2015: James was originally diagnosed with melanoma in April of 2007 after a routine check-up at the doctors when a suspicious mole was removed from his back. A …
Melanoma Awareness Month: A Daughter’s Viewpoint on her Mother’s Melanoma Diagnosis
May 21, 2021Guest blog from Kristin Wlezien, daughter of a stage III melanoma survivor: It has been almost five years since my mother was diagnosed with stage III melanoma. Five days after my wedding, she discovered a lump under her right armpit, an enlarged lymph …
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