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Feeling tight and pain around my right rib, a bit concerned.
My husband was diagnosed with eye cancer , has received two treatments of laser which last treatment 3 weeks ago we were told a lot of liquid is in his eye coming from the tumour !! Tumour hasn’t starting to grow as yet which is positive , concerned about...
So here I am just over 2 weeks later waiting on my latest MRI scan result, 19 months since my original OM diagnosis. It’s very stressful waiting. I am consumed by the statistics ie 40% or so get metastasis (mainly in the liver) and that the outlook is...
I’ve been doing well till my last Ultrasound showed change from previous on 6 months ago , I don’t know and am scared as I don’t know what I’m facing I have Gastro paresis as well which causes fatigue nausea and. Not much appetite I’ve not lost weight...
It has been proposed to me that for sight impact reduction that a course of Avastin (bevacizumab) injections be administered. Has anyone had experience of this in an uveal melanoma scenario? The side effects listed are wide ranging and unpleasant...
How many people get liver scans, after a choroidal melanoma diagnosis?
I am worried, I went to Liverpool Hospital today St Paul's Unit, lots of scans and ultrasound on my eye. I have a swollen retina and its been leaking fluid, I am post PBT 14months and my vision is starting to be affected . Ive been having blurred...
Hi there, New to all of this. First time here, so nervous and anxious about what is next. I am 56 and had radio plaque treatment December 2025 in Liverpool. It all happened so fast following a change in my vision November. Travelling to Liverpool for...
It’s that wonderful time again of waiting for the result of my liver scan MRI. I’m aware of the poor prognosis but can I ask if anyone here has survived more than 18 months with liver metastasis from ocular melanoma? TIA
Hi All. I lost my eye to ocular melanoma last June, form diagnosis to it coming out was a month, thanks to Sheffield. Now coming to terms with life has changed but keeping positive is helping. Now I want to tell the world and make people aware of this...
