Good Afternoon All, As the post suggests I new to all this, a bit of background. I had an excision on 4th November. The Dermatologist didn't hold back on the appointment which kind of knocked me sideways. I'm early 40s and usual of good health until...
Really not sure about having the sentinel lymph node biopsy . Just confused and my husband does not want to talk to me about it and I don’t want to worry my children. Feel like I want to cry all da
Hi I have stage 2 melanoma. It appears to have been completely removed with surgery and has not spread. I've been offered immunotherapy of pembrolizumab. I'm uncertain about the effects of this drug. Will I feel really unwell or will I feel moderately...
Hi everyone. My mum's just had her second cycle of Ipi / Nivo two days ago having taken a break for a week of steroids to sort out some mild diarrhea. She felt very poorly for about a week and a half after her first cycle, had the stomach problems,...
Hi has anyone on here have had dabrafenib and trametinib and had any side affects just curious as I might be having this treatment.
I had an urgent referral for a biopsy of a mole and was told waiting times could be 6-8 weeks in central London. Just wondering how long it was taking for people to get their results back to try and manage my expectations. Only at the two week mark but...
Hello all, i requested my MDT outcome sheet following the biopsy, and I have regression. I believe this means my body has been fighting the melanoma. Does anyone have any experience of this, and what this actually means please? Thank you
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Hi everyone I hope it’s ok if I post here. Im a 30 year old male in the U.K. I also have health anxiety. I work as a Healthcare Professional at a large teaching hospital I have used sunbeds quite a bit over the year; for the last 10 years or so...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed September and had a wide local excision last week and a skin graft. This is my 2nd one to the same area. Currently the wide local excision is so deep I could fit a tennis ball in it. It’s on my left calf. Does anyone have...
