Invasive malignant Melanoma

Chalky1980 over 3 years ago

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Good morning, I was diagnosed with invasive malignant melanoma August 2021. I’ve had 4 biopsy’s and a WLE. They also discovered An enlarged lymph node in my left groin measuring 2.3 cm wide by 3 cm deep My plastic specialist didn’t think it was bad enough to do a biopsy.

I’ve recently started with pain between my shoulder blades and breathlessness and difficulty breathing where I was taken into hospital via ambulance in one occasion but no blood tests scans or X-rays were carried out even though they knew about my diagnosis. I’ve developed this dry cough and wheeziness all the time. I contacted my doctor 3 weeks ago and cannot get in to see her until the 27th of April

this leads me onto what happened last night I have had a hysterectomy back in 2018 due to adneomyosis so no longer obviously have periods etc.

however I do have this frequency to urinate and if I don’t go when my body tells me to I instantly wet myself. So last night I went to the toilet twice and my urine was okay to begin with but towards the end I had pain which felt gritty. I went to the toilet this morning and upon wiping myself the toilet paper was a brown in colour.

my question is could my breathing and back pain and The brown colour on toilet paper be down to my melanoma.

Thank you so much for your time

Rachael

Carole F - Macmillan over 3 years ago

Hello Rachael,

Thanks for getting in touch. I’ve had a read over the information you provided in your profile about your diagnosis and see that you’ve joined our melanoma forum. I hope it will be a good source of support.

I can appreciate you would like to know if any of your symptoms could be caused by melanoma.

Unfortunately, as nurses on this type of platform we can’t say what could be causing your symptoms.

I’m not sure from your post how your symptoms were explained when you were taken to hospital by ambulance, or if you were given any treatment.

However, we are concerned that you still have symptoms and would recommend that you are assessed immediately.

This is because, pain, wheezing and a cough can be symptoms of pulmonary embolism or another serious condition.

The NHS website explains what to do when you have these symptoms.

It’s important too, to have your urinary symptoms checked out immediately, so that you can be given treatment for this if appropriate. Occasionally, wetting yourself, can be caused by something other than infection, so it’s important to get this assessed.

We’d also recommend getting in touch with your clinical nurse specialist or hospital team to make them aware of the symptoms you have.

I hope this is helpful.

Best wishes,

Carole (Cancer Information Nurse Specialist)

You can also speak with the Macmillan Support Line team of experts. Phone free on 0808 808 0000 (7 days a week, 8am-8pm) or send us an email.

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