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  • Forum Post: new melanoma???

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    Posted 28 days ago
    In October i was refered to hospital to have a mole on my chest checked out that had began to bleed and was causing a feeling of pressure on chest. It was removed and believed to be an in situ melanoma but despite their tests the results were inconclusive. I was told to just be vigulante and report any...

  • Forum Post: Losing my beloved Grandma

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi there, I've not posted on here before, so here goes. I think I just need to get it all out. I'm 23, and my beautiful 76-year-old Grandmother is dying from skin cancer. She's only got days left and I can't get my head around it. It's all happened way too fast. It all...

  • Forum Post: Want your thoughts - 10min online survey

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    Posted 2 months ago
    My name is Natalie Seebeck and I am a student at the Lo ndon Metropolitan University studying Psychology. As part of this course, I am conducting a research project on people’s beliefs towards their illness/health condition and related treatment. You have been invited to take part in this study...

  • Blog Post: PET scan - the wait!

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    Posted 2 months ago
    So I had my PET Scan 2 days ago on my 45th birthday. I can't deny it was the worst birthday I've ever had plus I've got a cold. I'm thoroughly miserable it has to be said. I have read into every detail that has happened subsequently and can only think the worst. Having had the scan...

  • Forum Post: Good Minutes and Bad Minutes

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    Posted 2 months ago
    My partner had melanoma in 2007 and in 2010 we found out that it had spread to a lymph node in his throat which was treated successfully but on the 22 February 2013 he was told that it had advanced to his lungs and hip. More tests to come to see how far it has spread(liver, kidney, brain). The...

  • Blog Post: Hello - my ramble into this blog

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    Posted 2 months ago
    I so wish I had come across this site or thought about looking into it years ago. Now I'm here it will be a random stream of thoughts and experiences. I will be 45 on the 5th March - that's this Tuesday. I'm a self employed textile designer - lately it's been going really well....

  • Forum Post: Cancer patients and the feeling of 'Otherness'

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    Posted 3 months ago
    My name is Alex Reitemeier, I'm a psychology student at Nottingham Trent University doing some research into cancer. I want to find out if other people's reactions to a person's cancer shapes and changes their self-perception. I have emailed and received permission form the Macmillan...

  • Blog Post: Skin cancer webchat transcript

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    Posted 10 months ago
    Now summer is finally here (for now, at least), it’s important to remember to stay safe in the sun, as sun exposure is a risk factor for skin cancer. Last Thursday, we hosted a web chat on skin cancer with Macmillan Information Nurse Specialist Carol Goodman. Carol answered questions on...

  • Blog Post: Early Day Motion 2362 - Melanoma Patients

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Having lost a very close family friend to malignant melanoma in May 2008, I set up www.factor50.org.uk in memory of him, in an effort to bring attention to this dreadful young person's disease and to raise funds for melanoma research. Without boring everyone with far too much detail, Factor 50...

  • Blog Post: Fit & well as I head towards 2 year anniversary

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Hi everyone, Just wanted to drop a line as I haven't had much time to be on the site recently due to a busy domestic life! I'm coming up to the 2 year anniversary of when the melanoma returned in my lymph nodes (13 years after the primary mole was removed) & I'm very happy to say...
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