Hi everyone. I am continuing my melanoma in situ journey with Aldara cream application following a local excision with margins on my face. Prescribed 6 week course of Aldara After 3 weeks of applying the Aldara the application area did go very sore with...
Hi there everyone. I am absolutely passed myself with worry, making myself ill , I know that. I had a mole on my right arm just above my wrist, got it removed two weeks ago, got the results yesterday , Melanoma. Awaiting final pathology as they need...
I’ve been offered an SLNB for my Stage 1b melanoma, but apparently the waiting list is currently 6 to 8 weeks without taking into account Christmas delays. if I opt for an SLNB that uses fluorescent dye rather than the gold standard radio isotopes,...
Hi all I have stage 4 melanoma, I have at least 10 lumps I can feel plus it's in my lungs and in my Peritoneum at last scan. I have just had my 2nd ipi nevo infusions, I am also part a clinical trial. The part I'm really struggling with is all the...
Hi, I was wondering if there might be a way that I can see who in the forum decided against having a SLNB when having a WLE? I’m going through the process of making my own decision at the moment and I think it would help to know how others felt about...
Hi everyone, I recently found out I have a stage 1b melanoma in my arm. I have been offered a SLNB and I’m feeling very confused and sick about what to do. I’m in the gray area where my 7% chance of spread to nearby lymph nodes is low but above the 5...
I’ve only been taking these for a few weeks so far and have been a bit up and down, mostly with tiredness, aches and occasional nausea, which I expected as I know it’ll be good days and bad. One thing that I didn’t expect was to develop large red blotches...
Following the removal of something that was not a mole I have been diagnosed with a Spindle Cell Melanoma. I've been told I'm going to have an WLE and lymph node removal. I was led to think this would be soon, but reading on her it looks like months?...
Hi there, I'm new here, iv recently had an operation on my left calf area because melanoma was found there, they cut deep into the area so I had to have a skin graft, still healing now. I had my test results back from the area and my lymph nodes also...
Hi all, this is my first post which feels like a huge step in itself! So a little backstory- I'm still waiting (5 weeks post excision) for biopsy results on a mole than changed completely; colour, size, shape, started peeling etc I've lost a massive...
