Katie's Giving Page

To raise awareness of immunotherapy and malignant melanoma.

My Story

My name is katie, I am 40 years old, mum to Lily rose (14), Arlo (5), step mum to Rebecca (27) and Robert (25). I am also a student diagnostic radiographer. In 2019, I was diagnosed with stage 2b malignant melanoma which is a very serious form of skin cancer, characteristic for its ability to spread far and randomly throughout the body. I had a operation to remove the primary tumour and at that point there was no further spread beyond the primary site. In December 2021, unfortunately melanoma cells were identified in my groin lymph nodes and I was diagnosed stage 3. After having a further operation to remove all of my lymph nodes in my groin I was due to start treatment but pre treatment scans revealed further spread in my knee, groin, lung and potential in the brain. I am currently undergoing aggressive immunotherapy treatment. Immunotherapy is a less talked about treatment within cancer. However it has had many successful innovations over the past decade and it is something that I want to shed light on and feel lucky to be benefitting from this form of treatment. It is vitally important that research is supported.