Hi there, new to the group. I had a biopsy done nearly 3 weeks ago and having contacted both my Dr and consultant I was told no results were back yet but that my consultant was good at sending a letter when he had them. I then received a letter this morning...
Hi Having been given a melanoma diagnosis pT2a … I am due a WLE and sentinel lobe biopsy on 24th. The mapping is taking place on 23rd. Firstly, the hospital had booked me in for an overnight stay on 23rd after mapping but I’ve told them I’ll go home...
Hi all After 6 long weeks my results are in - 2 benign moles. I feel a bit cross as the consultant was so sure they were melanoma - but I should have listened to you all here who told me he couldn’t know for certain without the biopsy results! I...
Hi all, my husband had a mole removed on his back 6th April. Since then we have been in one long waiting holding pattern to get some form of certainty about the staging of the diagnosis. Diagnosis 21st April - melanoma 0.6mm + ulceration (1B breslow...
Hello Still waiting for biopsy results (5 weeks and counting), consultants secretary has chased the lab twice as she thought they should be back by now (consultant said I had a melanoma and results should be back within 2 weeks) before my biopsy my...
Hi all – I just up-dated my profile. I thought if I didn't do this then people might be confused about all my excisions. But, there is a depressing fact in there and I want to make clear that is likely not melanoma – my sibling had all his pre-cancerous...
Hi has anyone on here waited 7 weeks for wle and slnb results. My melanoma was 2mm and I think its nodular. Which is classed medium to high risk of spreading. Is long wait mean good results as if it was that bad surely they should have contacted me by...
Hi all Was wondering if anyone had some advice to calm my nerves. Brief history - had melanoma stage 3 on lower left back in 2007. Slnb performed but did watch and wait had recurrence in left groin nodes in 2019 - total left inguinal and pelvic...
Hi everyone, I’m assuming because I haven’t been on here in a few years that that is why my profile details are no longer showing? So I’ll explain my history briefly - I was diagnosed with melanoma stage 1b in 2017 after finding changes in a mole, had...
I am absolutely devastated as I've just been told the melanoma on my back has spread to my lung and can't be cured now. My oncologist is reluctant to start immunotherapy again as I developed colitis and the polymyalgia 9 months into my treatment for the...
