Ellinoora Tuuna’s skin cancer spread to the lungs.
The cancer has not caused Ellinoora Tuuna any pain or actual symptoms, but severe side effects have resulted from the medication. Tero Kyllonen, General
Music pedagogue Ellinora Tuuna fell ill with melanoma, the most serious and deadly skin cancer, a couple of years ago. It all happened very suddenly. This is what the journalist says Maarit Åström In acute.
First there was a bleeding birthmark on my back, then melanoma that spread to the lymph nodes in my armpit. Next, a small patti was found on the side, but it grew quickly. It was removed. A CT scan of the body, i.e. computer tomography, revealed a shocking result.
– Nine metastases were visible in the lungs, Tuuna refers to metastases in the program.
– I had read online that widespread melanoma cannot be cured. I thought that now I was definitely going to die and that it was just a matter of how fast.
Ellinoora Tuuna thinks in retrospect that the doctor did the right thing when he did not give his patient a prognosis. Tero Kyllonen, General
The doctor did not agree to give Tuuna a direct answer as to whether he really cannot get better. He didn’t want to take away hope from his patient. That’s what Tuuna got when she was found the exact medicine. A couple of weeks after starting it, almost all the metastases had already disappeared, and the rest soon.
Tuuna is currently undergoing check-ups, from which she has always received clean pictures. So is he healthy?
– In the eyes of medicine, I’m not healthy, but I feel better when I don’t think I have cancer.
Milla Keskipoikela’s tattoo shows an unusual point. It is a skin graft that has been named metukka. Tero Kyllonen, General
In the episode, a former alpine skier also tells his own story to Åström Milla Keskipoikela. He had a mole on top of the tattoo removed, where, to the surgeon’s surprise, melanoma was found.
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