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Team Clint
Story
We've created this team to make a difference in this year's Melanoma March by fundraising for the Melanoma Institute Australia in memory of Clint Shumack, our loving husband, Dad, and son-in-law.
Please join our team and/or consider making a secure online donation to help save lives from melanoma.
You can read Clint's story below. Thanks so much for your support!
Danielle, Sophie, Karen and Branko x
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Clint's story
🖤 My husband, Clint, was diagnosed with Stage III invasive metastatic nodular melanoma (acral melanoma) in September 2022.
It wasn’t a mole. It looked like a blood blister and it was on the heel. And it ‘didn’t look like a melanoma’ according to healthcare professionals who saw it.
Melanoma can be so aggressive and invasive that it can spread rapidly. For Clint, the melanoma appeared in May 2022 and it had already spread to a lymph node by his surgery in September 2022.
After surgery, Clint received adjuvant immunotherapy, which failed. His melanoma recurred in May 2023, so he started combination immunotherapy. This failed too and his disease continued to spread. Our last option was surgery in Oct 2023. The surgeon removed all the cancer she could see and things were starting to look positive again. But melanoma is sneaky. And Clint had a deadly type with the NRAS mutation (no targeted treatments are currently available for this genetic mutation). Just 6 weeks later after a clear scan, Clint's body was riddled with cancer (his heart, lungs, spleen, and liver were suffocating from the disease). The only option was palliative care.
My soulmate and true love, Clint, passed away peacefully aged 37 on Friday 1st Dec 2023. His last words to me were ‘I love you’ and he held my hand during his last minutes as he drifted away. A love story right to the end.
I love you forever Clint ❤️
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We are so grateful for the Melanoma Institute Australia, who are dedicated to melanoma treatment and prevention, and in particular A/Prof Robyn Saw and Prof Georgina Long who did everything they could to try and save Clint.
How did the most sun safe person I know get a deadly melanoma? Melanoma can appear in places that you might not think like the heel, mouth, anus, or between the toes. Please get your odd spots, and weird blemishes checked ASAP.
Danielle ❤️
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Melanoma Institute Australia (Melanoma March)
Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the goal of zero deaths from melanoma, a goal we believe we can reach this decade through innovative, world-class research, treatment and education programs.
For more info, visit our website.
