Hi everyone, My husband has had a suspicions mole removed from his back 4 weeks ago today and he has had it a long time, guessing 10+ years, and it has changed over the last 18months, is uneven, bigger than 6mm but isn't ulcerated and doesn't hurt or...
i had stage 3 melanoma 5 and half years ago at the bottom of my left leg and last year i got melanoma another 3 times in my groin had three operations on my groin and treatment of radiotherapy. now in may 2025 it’s come back again in my groin keep coming...
Hello, I've been diagnosed with stage 1B acral melanoma and am going to have WLE and SLNB next month. The WLE is under my little toe, which is a tricky spot. For the original surgery, they did a skin graft which hasn’t taken so it’s healing...
immunotherapy treatment story: My daughter has stage 4 malignant melanoma, metastatic, (from unknown origin, probably gynaecological) with main large tumours on ovaries and others on breast and neck, small lesion on kidney. Only properly diagnosed in...
Hi, I was diagnosed with with pt1a on 19th March. Told I would be discussed at the MDT meeting and will hear back. I received two referral emails on 25th March saying 20 week wait. So my anxiety and stress levels have been much higher than usual....
Hi All, I've put my full story in my bio, so check my profile if you have questions for me! I've been referred for my first in-person dermatology appointment after teledermatology assessed two of my most concerning moles (abdomen and hand/finger moles...
Hello all. My first post here, but importantly a big thanks to MacMillan for everything they do. I had stage 1b malignant on my thigh three and a half years ago. Went through the surgery, including the wider excision and lymph biopsy. A very stressful...
Stage 2 Invasive nodular melanoma On the 25th April 2025 I had my wide local excision & bilateral axilla lymph node biopsies. I woke up from surgery with armpit nerve pain and it hasn’t left me since. I would say there is a small improvement but I’m...
Hi, I have stage 4 melanoma and I am currently on targeted therapy. I only managed 3 rounds of combined immunotherapy due to the treatment giving me hepatitis of the liver. After months of steroid treatment my liver recovered and my team decided I could...
I’m just wondering what waiting times people have had between being diagnosed with stage three melanoma and starting treatment. I had MRI and CT scans three weeks ago and as yet, have not received a follow up appointment with oncology to either discuss...
