Proleukin

I was recently contacted by a representative from Proleukin to make this information available on my blogs and websites. 

PROLEUKIN, a prescription medication, is a form of immunotherapy that uses the body's natural immune system to fight cancer. PROLEUKIN has been used for over 10 years in the treatment of metastatic melanoma and over 15 years in the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma). Find out how PROLEUKIN can help and ask your doctor if you are a candidate for treatment with the medication.

This link will take you to their site.  There is a link on the site for you to sign up for PROLEUKIN information, updates and inspiring treatment stories.   I hope that something you find there will be helpful.

http://www.proleukin.com/index.jsp

I just got diagnosed with melanoma on my leg. My... - JustAnswer

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This is the MOST IRRESPONSIBLE advice I've ever seen.  This is one of those sites we are all warned about...DO NOT believe everything you read on the internet!!!  This advice could mean this girls life!   I wish there was some way I could get in touch with this girl...she was dx with melanoma and now has throat and jaw pain.  This "Dr." is advising her to see an ENT?!?!?!  She needs to see her dermatologist or oncologist ASAP!!!  This is very upsetting!  =(

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Can I do this?

I'm already thinking maybe I can't do this. Maybe this is taking me to a dark place that I shouldn't be going to.
Maybe it's just the month....August, again August.
Or maybe the truth is that what life is like a decade after losing a child, is for the most part...normal, unless you're thinking about your loss. Then it's not anywhere near normal. So maybe a decade after a loss like this you just can't think about it...
Having just said my life is normal makes me feel guilty. How could my life be normal? Maybe normal isn't the right word? Maybe life, (like what I've written so far) is just very confusing.
Truth is life will never be normal for me. Geezzz, that sounds so 'poor me'.
It's been 11 years, 11 months, and 8 days, I've watched two other daughters get married, and one daughter have a baby. Normal events in life...joyous events in life. So many days are normal for me, but now and again the sadness creeps in. The "I want a do over" washes over me.
I don't react to loss like most people would, simple loss, like a child moving to another state...I can barely type that sentence. Most people probably wouldn't even see that as a loss.
I don't react to illness like most people do. When one of my kids doesn't feel well I panic...always...no matter what the symptoms are. I can make myself sick over worrrying about what could be going on, when it's just a cold or sore throat.
I think the rest of my life I will not be able to have an appropriate reaction to some things.
Maybe that's what life is like forever after losing a child.
What's even crazier is that I sometimes see Kelly...like I imagine her on vacation, she's always at the beach...wow, I better stop before they send someone to take me away.
I wonder if everyone who loses a child has these feelings.

New DNA Vaccine Inhibits Deadly Skin Cancer In Mice

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New DNA Vaccine Inhibits Deadly Skin Cancer In Mice

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This is what it's like after losing a child, for me anyway. I never stop looking and trying to figure out how this happened. If a sunburn when she was little was to blame (me), or could it have been genetics? I wonder if there will be a cure. I have a very hopefull feeling when I see news stories like this one.

Read the article here: http://www.blogger.com/www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721110609.htm
"In conclusion, we have demonstrated for the first time that immune responses which are elicited by a novel anti-GRP DNA vaccine suppress the proliferation and growth of melanoma tumors in mice," say the researchers. "The antiangiogenesis and antimetastastic activities of this DNA vaccine suggest a novel approach against various cancers, especially malignant melanoma."