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Hello everyone. I hope its OK to post when I don't have confirmation yet but I have got myself in a panic and don't know where to turn. Opticians referred me because they saw something in the back of my eye. At the hospital the first thing the doc asked...
I had plaque therapy at Moorefields last November but am struggling to get back to normal. Is this usual?
Hello, It’s now 6 weeks after my right eye plaque removal. Things feel reasonably good , I have a dark patch appearing in part of my eye but my sight is better than I thought it would be at this stage. I have a check in Sheffield Halamshire Hospital on...
I'm Alison and I'm 51 and yesterday after a whirlwind few weeks was finally diagnosed with ocular melanoma and feel like my life has been turned upside down. Its quite an aggressive form and the two options of treatment I was given as proton beam...
Hello. I have recently been diagnosed with melanoma in my right eye. Still coming to terms with it. Has anyone got any advise please. Thanks
Hi everyone My husband (aged 37) was today diagnosed with a large choroidal melanoma and advised that, due to tumour elevation, neither plaque radiotherapy or proton beam would be suitable. So he has an operati on date in December to return to Moorfields...
Hi everyone- I am just trying to calm myself down to be honest! I’m so confused and don’t really know whats going on! i developed double vision in my left eye completely randomly last week, totally out of no where so I contacted my gp.. he asked to...
I am 71 in July this year and I had my left eyeball enucleated on Oct 4 2010 at Bart's London following a routine eye test on July 12 2010. In the short space of time that I had and my unwillingness to make a decision at the time, my melanoma had grown...
Hello everyone, I am a new member. I have recently developed a small lump on my lower eyelid and I've been seen by several specialists, they all have different opinion. I've been advised to have a biopsy to exclude basal cell carcinoma (BCC). In case...
Hi has anyone had been diagnosed with lymphoma in eyelid? can’t seem to find much.. think it’s quite rare
