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Welcome to Melanoma Patients Australia Ltd
Welcome to Melanoma Patients Australia. We hope that you find the available information useful and contact with other patients comforting and inspiring. The aim of the website is to provide melanoma patients, their family and friends with information about melanoma and its treatment options, as well as providing a support network to nurture them through difficult times.
Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. In popular usage, it usually refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a standardized treatment regimen.
My first blue lump appeared on my wrist in early September 2008. My GP referred me on to a physiotherapist, believing it to be some sort of repetitive strain injury. The physio set some exercises and I dutifully completed them all.
In October, I went on holiday believing that all was well. Within days, I started to get pain in my underarms and around my breasts but I put it down to muscular strain as I had been swimming every day after weeks of inactivity.