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A Melanoma Story: It Started with a Freckle
This is an excerpt from David Stanley’s book, Melanoma: It Started with a Freckle. From Chapter 5 I was not ready for the scene I saw when Cath and I got off the elevator for the Multidisciplinary Melanoma Clinic in Ann Arbor. These people were sick. Large pieces of...
Listen to Your Heart: A Cautionary Tale
To start with I had two attacks. First one was up in Yosemite and I was on a mini-vacation with my wife. We were doing the Vernal Falls trail after already being in Yosemite for a day. We started in walking and then after about 200 yards, my neck and chest just...
My Oral Cancer Story: How a Virus Changed My Life
My name is Jason Mendelsohn and I’m 54 years old. I’ve been happily married for over 27 years to my wife Ronni, and we have three awesome kids, boy/girl twins that are 22 and a 16 year old son. My cancer story began back in April 2014 while taking a financial exam. I...
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