New Battle

[ammebarb]

Hello girls. I am only a little uncomfortable since the removal of the plaque yesterday. My much smaller patch can come off tomorrow, when I will begin eye drops and an antibiotic in my eye. Marcia, the testing is supposed to take about three months. I still have trepidation about having the testing done. If I find out that it is a class one tumor, I'll be vastly relieved. But if it is a class two, there isn't much to do about metastatic liver cancer. There is a Dr. Sato who will talk to me, if the genetic test warrants it. Nerve wracking times, for sure!

[Soccermom]

Barb,
The testing is being done is to determine the characteristics of the ocular melanoma. BRCA testing is different in that identifies mutations in the BRCA genes (which are tumor repair genes, which if working properly do just that) We all have 2 copies. It is done via blood draw. The reason I brought it up is because of your prior history of two non related cancers. There are targeted therapies much like Herceptin available in clinical trials for those who test + for one of the mutations.
I know this is a lot to digest right now.. No hurry.. But thought discussing it with your Oncologist might be helpful.

With love and prayers,
Marcia