Martha Diagnosed with Cancer

Only one mole in a million becomes malignant, but Martha has had three diagnosed with melanoma in the past couple of months. Melanoma is the most serious of the three types of skin cancer (the others being basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma).

Because melanoma is highly malignant and often spreads to other parts of the body, early diagnosis is essential. Fortunately, that's been the case for Martha. At first the doctors thought there was just one mole with melanoma, and they cut that one out in June. A couple of weeks ago, they cut out the other two, which were on her back, as a precaution. As a further precaution, they did biopsies on the moles. We were stunned to learn that both were also malignant. We just found out today that they did not catch all of the cancer around one of the moles. Martha is scheduled to have more flesh cut out next week.

Please keep her in your prayers!