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Michael has Stage 4 Malignant Melanoma Cancer in his brain and lungs he is fighting for his life and we are behind him 100% in his fight. Michael is my cousin one of my best friends in this crazy world but he, like everyone else wants to live and see his family and life grow for many more years to come.... please help us raise money to help him stay in this fight here is Michaels story written by his wife Tracy Dutton...
"He has stage 4 malignant melanoma. Which is one of the most aggressive types of cancer. He is a fighter and has proved it time and time again."
In 2012 Michael Dutton went to the hospital to get a mole looked at. The Dr removed it to test it. Mike went in for his follow-up appointment and was told it was cancer and her was being referred to an oncologist. They did a biopsy of a few lymphnodes in his neck to see if the cancer spread...it did. He was stage 3B. Shortly after that he had a neck direction to test more lymphnodes. Out of 26 that they took out 3-5 of them were cancerous. He started chemotherapy. He had treatments everyday for a month. Then when that was done he had to give himself a chemo shot in his stomach for almost a year. It seemed to do the job because he was cancer free for two years. In November of 2014 he had a lot of symptoms going on and his place of work called an ambulance for him. They did a CT scan of his head and saw a few spots. Being a smaller hospital they transferred him to A bigger hospital where he received treatments. They did some scans there and told us the cancer had spread to his brain. He had three pretty good sized tumors in there. He also had a small tumor in his lung. That jumped him to Stage 4. One if the tumors was on his optic nerve so when they removed that one his vision was compromised some. He cannot see anything below his nose on the right side. His Dr said he qualified for a new drug that had just been released. So rather then have chemo treatments at the cancer center, he would just take a chemo pill. He was on that for awhile and it shrunk the spot in his lung down to nothing. We thought we were in the clear. In January 2016 he was taken to the hospital after he was having some symptoms again. They found another tumor in his brain. We were devastated. He had his second brain surgery in two years to have it removed. That was on January 19th 2016. He came home on numerous medications. One being a steroid which helps relieve pressure in the brain. He was weaned off of that when he got home. February 13th was his last dose and he didn't feel better when it was done. The back of his head felt like a squishy water balloon. He was taken to the hospital again for radiation but instead they did another CT scan and he had fluid buildup in his brain from the surgery he had in January. They put in a temporary drain to get the fluid out. They decided the best option was to put in a permanent shunt to help with the draining fluid. They did that procedure on Thursday February 18th 2016. He was currently in the hospital recovering from that we have finally gotten him home to start the long process ahead. Please keep us in your prayers as we go down this difficult road thank you all for the love and prayers ♡
Please help me raise the money to keep them in this fight this family deserves it
"He has stage 4 malignant melanoma. Which is one of the most aggressive types of cancer. He is a fighter and has proved it time and time again."
In 2012 Michael Dutton went to the hospital to get a mole looked at. The Dr removed it to test it. Mike went in for his follow-up appointment and was told it was cancer and her was being referred to an oncologist. They did a biopsy of a few lymphnodes in his neck to see if the cancer spread...it did. He was stage 3B. Shortly after that he had a neck direction to test more lymphnodes. Out of 26 that they took out 3-5 of them were cancerous. He started chemotherapy. He had treatments everyday for a month. Then when that was done he had to give himself a chemo shot in his stomach for almost a year. It seemed to do the job because he was cancer free for two years. In November of 2014 he had a lot of symptoms going on and his place of work called an ambulance for him. They did a CT scan of his head and saw a few spots. Being a smaller hospital they transferred him to A bigger hospital where he received treatments. They did some scans there and told us the cancer had spread to his brain. He had three pretty good sized tumors in there. He also had a small tumor in his lung. That jumped him to Stage 4. One if the tumors was on his optic nerve so when they removed that one his vision was compromised some. He cannot see anything below his nose on the right side. His Dr said he qualified for a new drug that had just been released. So rather then have chemo treatments at the cancer center, he would just take a chemo pill. He was on that for awhile and it shrunk the spot in his lung down to nothing. We thought we were in the clear. In January 2016 he was taken to the hospital after he was having some symptoms again. They found another tumor in his brain. We were devastated. He had his second brain surgery in two years to have it removed. That was on January 19th 2016. He came home on numerous medications. One being a steroid which helps relieve pressure in the brain. He was weaned off of that when he got home. February 13th was his last dose and he didn't feel better when it was done. The back of his head felt like a squishy water balloon. He was taken to the hospital again for radiation but instead they did another CT scan and he had fluid buildup in his brain from the surgery he had in January. They put in a temporary drain to get the fluid out. They decided the best option was to put in a permanent shunt to help with the draining fluid. They did that procedure on Thursday February 18th 2016. He was currently in the hospital recovering from that we have finally gotten him home to start the long process ahead. Please keep us in your prayers as we go down this difficult road thank you all for the love and prayers ♡
Please help me raise the money to keep them in this fight this family deserves it