# A thread for all the cancer survivors

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-the-cancer-survivors/1019535 "2025-06-12T17:39:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-all-the-cancer-survivors/1019535/51 "2025-08-11T03:29:02Z")

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Stage 3c melanoma survivor here.

In 2012, at age 34, I finally got that mole on my jaw checked. It was removed that same day. After some follow-ups, it was a cancer diagnosis, but we thought it was clear.

Coming up to my first-year checkup, I felt a couple hard lymph nodes in my neck. It had spread, but between a great surgeon, radiation therapy. and the stupidly primitive “immunotherapy” interferon treatment, I’ve been cancer free for ten years now.

I got an up-close experience with some amazing medical technology, but I can’t [recommend the experience overall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-some-free-advice-dont-get-cancer/669765).

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