True.
I had 2 friends diagnosed with this b@stard within 6 months of each other. A year down the track, one was mooted to be ok & looking like recovering fully, the other was screwed, 12 months later the reverse was the case.
Another 12 months saw us farewelling them both. An insidious pr1ck of a thing it is.
This is not something to joke about.Statistics indicate he has about a 10% chance of dieing from this.
10% if it hasn’t spread.
The odds almost exactly reverse if it has.
My father had a little spot on his toe removed. 5 years later he was dead.
We can only hope they got it in time.
This is not something to joke about.Statistics indicate he has about a 10% chance of dieing from this.
Roughy will be fine - Now that it shown that he is suspectible to skin cancers, he will have a 6 or 12 month check up at a specialist, who will immediately remove any suspicious spots.
I wish it was that easy.
Once you’ve had one, even after having it removed you’re never quite sure whether it is really gone or whether it will spring up again, on your skin again or somewhere like your lungs or spine some nice sunshiney day.
A friend of mine had a melanoma removed a couple of years back. 12 months later, it was back and all over the place inoperably. Currently its spread seems to have paused, but everyone is all too aware that this could change at any time and once it does, the downhill slide will be very fast.
Roughy will be very very worried for a very long time. It’s the luck of the draw from now on for him.
I was unaware it was a diagnosed melanoma, thought it was a removed spot that was to be tested for cancer or the like.
Have been visiting a skin specialist once a year for the last 5 years. He removes any suspicious spots and on one occasion sent a spot off for further investigation which proved negative. Anyway no spots removed this year which pleased my specialist.
This is not something to joke about.Statistics indicate he has about a 10% chance of dieing from this.
Roughy will be fine - Now that it shown that he is suspectible to skin cancers, he will have a 6 or 12 month check up at a specialist, who will immediately remove any suspicious spots.
Shows how much you do not know about melanoma.
This is not something to joke about.Statistics indicate he has about a 10% chance of dieing from this.
Roughy will be fine - Now that it shown that he is suspectible to skin cancers, he will have a 6 or 12 month check up at a specialist, who will immediately remove any suspicious spots.
Shows how much you do not know about melanoma.
Is the reporting correct - I read they are waiting for results of the sample.
Positive or negative, l don’t care. l wish him well and good health. Cancer sucks, kick it Roughy, kick it.
Rough guts.
Cancer isn't as simple as thatThis is not something to joke about.Statistics indicate he has about a 10% chance of dieing from this.
Roughy will be fine - Now that it shown that he is suspectible to skin cancers, he will have a 6 or 12 month check up at a specialist, who will immediately remove any suspicious spots.
Cancer isn't as simple as thatThis is not something to joke about.Statistics indicate he has about a 10% chance of dieing from this.
Roughy will be fine - Now that it shown that he is suspectible to skin cancers, he will have a 6 or 12 month check up at a specialist, who will immediately remove any suspicious spots.
No it’s not. And it is scary if you get it. Very scary.
Guys I think this internet poster said he’ll be fine.
Truuuuust me. He’ll be fine.
They call it the silent killer. My brother died from a melanoma on the top of his head. He was diagnosed with migraine. By the time they got the diagnosis right, he was dead with four months. Two days before he was due to go in for surgery.
Best wishes Roughy. I hope all goes well for you.
Saw him on the news last night. Scar looks bad and is about a week or so away from full results.
What they do when they send it away to test it, is to make sure they get it all. They have to take a certain amount, 5mm I believe, past the tentacle of the melanoma. My son recently had three operations on his neck just below his ear to remove a melanoma, and they had to keep going back to take more as they results came back that they hadn’t got it all.
He had also had a pre melanoma removed at 17 so was always having six monthly checks. It’s an insidious silent killer.
All the best to Roughy.
And to your boy Scorp.
This guy is very important to the Hawks structure, now missing for up to half the season. I like Roughhead, quality player.
HAWTHORN’S campaign for a fourth-straight AFL premiership has suffered a significant blow with Jarryd Roughead to miss half the season.
The Hawks revealed on Sunday that the tall utility needs knee surgery that will put him out of action for four to five months.
I’m sure they’ll just elevate some nuffy from the vfl and he’ll kick 70. Before switching to defense after roughead gets back.
Must’ve been a pretty wild wedding night for Roughy, for him to suffer a knee injury that’ll keep him out for up to half a season.
Can we change the thread title please?
Knew about the knee but thought there must’ve been another cancer scare when I saw this thread with new posts and was quite relieved to find out otherwise
Can we change the thread title please? Knew about the knee but thought there must've been another cancer scare when I saw this thread with new posts and was quite relieved to find out otherwise
Fixed.