Hi I had a spot on my cheek which when I popped it bled and turned to a scab which a lot of spots I get have been doing. It took about 6-7 weeks for this scab to go and fade. About 1 week later it re appeared as a dark scaly patch on my skin and increased...
Just like to share some positive news to help anyone struggling . Diagnosed around Xmas stage 4 melanoma. In armpit and neck lymph nodes and had spread to lung. Just finished the 4th double immunatherapy dose of ipoli/nivol, then next week start 4 weekly...
Hi all Waiting on my excision biopsy results, 6 weeks today and counting. Doctors were not sure, irritated seborrhoeic keratosis or hyperpigmented melenoma (almentoic melenoma). Over the last couple of weeks the skin around the excision has changed...
I’ve had 4 sessions of iPi & nivo combo immunotherapy which hasn’t worked my oncologist is not recommending continuing maintenance nivo i’m braf negative so targeted therapy isn’t an aption either he says a trial is the onty available option at present...
Hi everyone, back in June I was diagnosed with a 1b melanoma 1.1mm The NHS in NI were not offering the lymph node biospy so I paid to have this done privately. I had this along with WLE and skin graft back in August. Graft and donor site are doing...
Hi I have stage 3a superficial spreading melanoma which I was receiving dabrafenib and trametinib but only done 4months as been put on hold because of side effects and was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma thyroid cancer. I can go back on them once thyroid...
Hi, I was diagnosed in June with a 0.8mm, non ulcerated, with a matosis 1 Malignant Melanoma on my right calf. Due to my age (37) and being on the cusp, my demotoligist asked the MDT team to rethink thr option of letting me have an SLNB and they decided...
I’m 18 years old and was recently diagnosed with stage 3B melanoma. I’ve been told to have adjuvant targeted drug therapy for a year which I will start at the end of August. My oncologist told me that my hair could thin, but it would probably only...
Hi, My husband is having all the lymph nodes removed under his right arm next week. The melanoma came back (previously had 2 lymph nodes removed and one was positive in October 2023) If you have been through this operation it would be good to get...
Hi ive had 3rd round of immunotherapy last week ipi & nivo Since then I’ve had chest & back pain with breathlessness from time to time ive been to A&E had a chest X-ray ecg & bloods done including the dimer blood test for clots everyone was normal...
