Share Your Story: TJ Sharpe

<p>T.J. Sharpe is a Stage IV melanoma patient who shares his journey through cancer in the Patient #1 blog. He was diagnosed in August 2012 with melanoma tumors in multiple organs, four weeks after his son was born, undergoing six surgeries and four immunotherapy treatments over two clinical trials.</p> <ul><li>00:34: T.J. Sharpe is a stage four melanoma patient who shares his journey through cancer in the patient number one blog.</li><li>02:15: With your history of melanoma and these spots on a chest X-ray, we think you have a recurrence of your cancer.</li><li>04:26: How did you know the first time that you even had melanoma at that early stage?</li><li>06:36: The tumor in my small bowel was 8.5 centimeters, so I had that for a while.</li><li>08:23: The oncologist tells her that her husband's going to be dead in two years.</li><li>10:10: I had a colostomy bag for 2.5 years.</li><li>14:16: Tell us about the first clinical trial</li><li>16:15: I went from being the first person in this trial to talking through my entire cancer journey.</li><li>17:28: What was your worst moment during all of this?</li><li>19:45: What was your best moment?</li><li>21:47: They finally said that they don't think I had any active cancer.</li><li>23:57: How do you look at your life differently now than before?</li><li>26:17: What is the one thing that you wish you had known at the very beginning of your cancer journey?</li><li>28:30: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in the US, what would it be and why?</li><li>34:55: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions</li><li>36:16: And aside from Cancer U, what is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers? </li></ul> <p>Resources</p> <ul><li><a href="https://stupidcancer.org/" target="_blank">Stupid Cancer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/" target="_blank">Cancer Support Community</a></li><li><a href="https://firstdescents.org/" target="_blank">First Descents</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tjsharpe.com/" target="_blank">