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Join A Cure in Sight, an ocular melanoma foundation, in sharing stories + raising awareness for OM patients and their families. Here we share information and insights on treatment, research, and living with ocular melanoma.
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
After seeing her article featured last week, we had to get this omie on the podcast! Tune in to hear from Ellie sharing her story:
"I have to believe that going through all of this at a young age has happened for a reason. I’m not someone who blindly believes God has a plan for everything, but in my case, I can’t help but recognize that He’s taught me a lesson. Spending your whole life worrying about what has happened, what will happen, what might happen, is a waste of time. I am proof that worrying does not work! I worried my whole life that I would get cancer. And guess what? It didn’t stop me from getting it."
Summary of her diagnosis:
Diagnosed with choroidal (retina) melanoma in November, 2022.
Had surgery in Boston, MA to implant a tantalum ring in my eye, at the end of November.
Treated with proton beam radiation in Boston, MA in December.
Follow-ups show shrinkage in the tumor. Slowly losing some peripheral eyesight. No sign of metastasis as of fall 2023.
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