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Former Cardinal and current A’s player Stephen Piscotty just had surgery to remove a melanoma from his right ear.

Been a rough few years for him. He lost his mom last year to ALS.

I am more excited to see him return to STL next week than Pujols this weekend.

My dad had what we thought was a cyst on his lower back for over 10 years. He was going to have it removed at one point but had to cancel because he needed the money for other things. It was in November 2015 when it really started to annoy him. He had surgery in mid December. By this time it was about 4 inches round and almost that much above the skin. Turned out to be cancer. It was an Adenocarcinoma originating in glandular tissue but they couldn’t find from where. This was the first of three cancers in three months. His appendix and multiple myeloma. The doctor that did the surgery to remove the cyst and the appendix was great.

The doctor that treated the multiple myeloma was horrible. Without my dad’s consent he started him on chemo when he was in the hospital with too much calcium in his blood. That was end Feb/early March. Between then and June 24th he had him on a few different chemo treatments EXCEPT the one most people get at first. He also ignored all of his side effects like severe edema. On June 23rd and 24th he was given the newest treatment that had only been approved in November 2015.

On June 25th he ended up in the hospital. That was the last time I saw him. He was transferred to another hospital and died on July 4th. From the first surgery to death was less than 6 months but I consider it 3 months because of that doctor from hell.
He had internal bleeding and it had been going on for a few weeks.

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If you have something that concerns you please go to a doctor or even several doctors. My parents didn’t like the doctor the first time they met him. I told them to find another doctor but they didn’t.

We like the doctor who did the surgeries. I even sat on a jury and found in his favor in 2017. A woman didn’t follow the directions for Osmoprep and was suing him.

>Former Cardinal and current A’s player Stephen Piscotty just had surgery to remove a melanoma from his right ear.

>Been a rough few years for him. He lost his mom last year to ALS.

>I am more excited to see him return to STL next week than Pujols this weekend.

I also remember Piscotty having an horrific outfield. collision while with the Cards. He's classy young player and I was very happy the Cards were willing to trade him so he could be closer to his Mom. I've heard about his recent melanoma although not in as much detail as I'd like to know so as to be confident of his prognosis. To get to be good enough to play pro baseball, pro golf, etc. you have to take a lot of sun exposure along the way. American Academy of Dermatology has worked with MLB to provide skin cancer screenings for players and their families. The PGA and LPGA have also worked to educate their members. I'd hope that the ear location will have allowed someone else to spot Stephen's melanoma early. Spotting your own ear melanoma is tough!

CARDS BEAT A'S 4-2 IN SPITE OF A PUJOLS HR TODAY!