I’m a mom, and I have stage four melanoma in my pancreas and liver. I’m currently in cancer treatment. This is what I learned as I turned forty-four during the most challenging part of my cancer journey.

In August of 2025, I discovered that I had stage four Melanoma. This is my story, and insights on how I learned (very quickly) to manage and move forward with the diagnosis in the first month. So if this is you (or someone you love), and you are going through the process of accepting a new cancer diagnosis, and trying to figure out what’s next, here are a few things that I found helped me through the first month of learning that I had stage four melanoma in my pancreas and liver.