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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">ibmerrie</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2010-06-18T12:13:11Z</updated><entry><title>My brillant brother .(melanoma )</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/posts/my-brillant-brother" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/posts/my-brillant-brother</id><published>2010-06-18T11:13:11Z</published><updated>2010-06-18T11:13:11Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;(My brillant Brother). May..2010 surgery to remove known milgnant melanoma on face. Also removed lymph by the ear and small bone at front of ear (Trageus) also another melanoma futher down the cheek. After surgrey was told there was another lump not removed on the left side. Face healed up really well. June 2010 started a combination of a month of radio therapy and after a week the first of three lots of chemotherapy.(he is now on his first lot of chemo and second week of radio)Has anyone been through this..(what side effects and symptoms is he likely to have?) is there anything we can do for him? Ct scan has not shown anyother involment .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=342876&amp;AppID=30838&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Former Member</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember</uri></author><category term="side effects" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/archive/tags/side%2beffects" /><category term="chemotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/archive/tags/chemotherapy" /><category term="therapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/archive/tags/therapy" /><category term="CT Scan" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/archive/tags/CT%2bScan" /><category term="radiotherapy" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/archive/tags/radiotherapy" /><category term="Melanoma" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/ibmerrie/archive/tags/Melanoma" /></entry></feed>