Originally Posted by tomsteve

I was diagnosed stage 3 metastatic melanoma in 2006( 13 months onto recovery). it went stage 4 in 2008. I went through a craplaod for 3 1/3 years fightin it.
I was in 2 weeks ago for a Ct scan and MRI. speaking with my oncologist afterwards,reviewing the results, he said to me,"you are one of my 1% ers.'"that being, scientific evidence shows 1% of his patients survive as long as I have after being diagnosed where I was and have gone through what I have.
i have a choice. i can dwell on the **% that don't survive or continue being 1%.
i will choose to be 1%.
and plan on seeing him in another 8 years.