My stepfather was just diagnosed with melanoma...I have questions and need to share what we have going on with someone who knows what is happening. Anyone out there???
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No - In a specific case such as this one with your family member, you should be discussing the case with the doctors who have all the details and know the patient. These doctors seeing your stepfather know what is happening. It is part of their job to answer your questions - IF you are there in the office when the patient is seen. Strongly advise going with your stepfather when he has appointments with his physicians. It is not a good idea for family members to call the doctors after hours to ask questions that should have been asked at the time of the office visit. Doctors need special permission from the patient to give out information - even to step children. If you are there with your stepfather, it is presumed that patient consent has been given. We on the internet cannot do anything but guess or speculate with inadequate information. People almost never have all the information we would need to answer questions well. What happens is that we get third hand information. Your stepfather tells you what he remembers from the doctor visit. Then you try to relate that information over the internet. Unless you are a physician or nurse, you probably won't have all of the staging details and histopathologic information required. We need a complete medical history plus results of all scans and blood tests plus the pathology report. Giving second opinions or second guessing the primary care providers via the internet is not a good idea for nurses and doctors on this site who have experience in cancer medicine. We should be sharing our experience with specific questions rather than reviewing ongoing cases.
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