“My name is Amanda and I’m currently undergoing immunotherapy to treat stage IV melanoma. I’m a wife, mom, an attorney on hiatus, and under the age of 40. Having grown up in Florida and having fair skin, I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with the sun. I’d had many sunburns by the time I was a teenager, and began using tanning beds at the age of 19. The uneducated decision to use tanning beds continued on/off into my early 30’s...
...To this day, a primary skin melanoma has not been located on my body, which is rare. The absence of a skin primary, which is usually how a diagnosis occurs, is how melanoma went undetected until I was already stage IV. My 1 year cancer-versary is approaching in June and I’m believing for scans that will show I’m cancer free!”
