Hello, Just wondering how long people waited for biopsy/shave biopsy results? It's been a week now, and my thinking is if it's anything nasty you'd hear with in the first week, so I'm ready to move on. Too soon?
My husband has stage 3b melanoma he has had 2 treatments but developed an issue with his kidneys. He has had a course of steroids over a number of weeks he is hoping to go back onto the treatment but I am worried this is going to be repeated. The steroids...
Hello all, I wanted to share some good news, as I know that when I was in the middle of that chaotic and often desperate journey through diagnosis and treatment, hearing good news stories gave me hope that there was a way through. To quickly summarise...
Hello, Sorry if this isn't the right place to post, I'm new here and got a bit confused! I had my shave biopsy today and just wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience to me with such a big change of a lesion in only a few weeks? I'm worried...
Hi all I am looking for some advice, I'll give some background first Diagnosed stage 3 malignant melanoma in Sept 2018, birth mark above left buttock developed melanoma, spread to my lymph nodes in groin, managed 19/26 rounds of Nivolumab immunotherapy...
Hi I have stage 4 melanoma that has reoccurred after 18 years. It’s in my lymph node and liver. After three rounds of the combined immunotherapy I ended up in hospital for just over 3 weeks because my liver became so inflamed and basically started failing;...
Hello, My husband has been given a diagnosis of melanoma following biopsy results and we have an initial appointment with the consultant at the plastic surgery department today. Could anyone offer any advice on what questions to ask or what information...
Hi haa anyone had one? Husband and daughter just setting up a just giving page to ring the 10k for cancer, to support me. Both hare baggy clothes. X Thanks for all your replies, really helpful and gives me hope, especially after being awake all night...
Hi everyone, I had a lymph node removed from my neck and a wider excision on my left shoulder after a melanoma diagnosis. I have had my neck dressing removed but was shocked by the length of the scar and I still have numbness around the area which...
I have been having immuno for 2 years now, and similar experiences to others on this forum - thyroid affected, bad bout of colitis etc, but I'm currently on nivolumab every 6 weeks and I'm pretty good - scans show everything is stable. Apparently I need...
