Good afternoon everyone, I had my stitches out yesterday from my mole excision. Bizarrely I felt comforted when the nurse commented how amazingly the wound had healed with stitches embedded in the skin!
This morning I had the phone call with the results (happy to hear over the phone as I live in a rural area). The consultant confirmed melanoma which was no surprise, he has been honest from the first view. BUT a huge relief was it's stage 1b and he told me he got it all. I was shaking like a leaf. I have been offered the sentinel lymph node biopsy op. I have decided to have that as a precaution just in case..
I know it could have been so much worse and I am truly thankful it isn't.
To all those lovely people who reached out to me when I was in turmoil my grateful thanks your messages helped so much.
To IvysMum, Lynskey, Kaussie, Tracey13, you are good people.
I will post again when I get the date etc.
Hi anne1536. I’m sorry you have been diagnosed with melanoma but pleased that you caught it early 
Good luck with everything x
Hi
I was wondering how you are and if you've had a date for the WLE and SLNB yet?
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Hi
Yes I had a lovely Christmas thank you and I hope you did too.
I can see why you thought I had my excision biopsy done privately but it was only the initial consultation. The consultant I saw privately referred me to his NHS clinic for the biopsy. I've just updated my profile so it makes more sense now.
I think from what you've said that you're having the WLE and SLNB done through the NHS. Is that right? If so you could ring the hospital that is now caring for you and ask to be put through to one of the skin cancer nurse specialists. They should then be able to see if you have an appointment booked or chase things up if no appointment has yet been made.
Let me know how you get on
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
