Denni's Melanoma Scare, March 2011

I am late in posting this very important event. It should have been posted as it happened, but sometimes the writer is busy with life, and doesn't have enough time to write (or it could be because the writer is menopausal and her mind isn't always engaged)! Reasons aside, let's talk about our CANCER-FREE DIVA - DENISE STORK!


Denni had quite a scare from a small mole she had her doctor check while in the office for a skin rash. A biopsy was done and three days later she was directed to M D Anderson Hospital with a diagnosis of Melanoma. Here's an excert from what Denni wrote describing what she went through before her surgery:


"I had 4 injections around the mole area and it felt like ACID being injected into my skin!! But Greg enjoyed the 4th of July "sparkler" show that was on the computer screen as the radiation traveled to 2 of my lymph nodes under the arm! They tested the arm pit, neck & groin area & those were the only 2 (possibly 3 that showed up as a "likely" area that the cancer could/would travel to. They will cut out a HUGE area of skin (for such a tiny mole)! They will inject 4 more radiation injections around the mole again, cut into my armpit & test each lymph node with a Geiger counter to double check which lymph nodes need to be removed at this time. They will also remove my second toe nail on right foot to remove the mole from there and send the lymph nodes & biopsy from toe nail off. If the tests come back & show that any cancer was in the lymph nodes; I'll have to go back and have them all removed."


Denni became cancer FREE April 8, 2011. The pathology reports came in negative. Nothing in the lymph nodes and the shoulder is clean. She wears her scar PROUDLY because she has her LIFE! The scar is only 4 inches long even though the doctor thought it would be 6-8 inches & very jagged. Denni was hoping for a very flashy lightning bolt look, but is pretty happy with the scar she ended up with. Congratulations to you Denise Stork! Don't scare us like that again!


(Guess who is the Sunblock Nazi now? And don't ever ever tell her you go to a tanning bed!)