I would like opinions please incase I am over reacting. My son is married and was born spina birthday so has a disability. He had cancer removed from his back then it went into his lungs so was on pembrolizumab for 2 years. His last but one scan showed...
Hi all, I think I seriously under estimated the recovery time for a WLE and SLNB. I clearly didn’t take in what the surgeon was saying before hand. My wounds are healing well but the pain and soreness hasn’t changed a huge amount in the 12 days since...
Hi all, Recently had a mole removed from my neck and waiting for the results. Since then on the back of my neck about a few inches from the original cut my skin has swelled up, is red and sore. I think I can feel a hard lymph behind this. Anyone experience...
Following my WLE & SLNB on the 6th September I got my results back this week….from a T3 diagnosis on my upper back I have now been told that the WLE has come back with clear margins and there was a trace in only one lymph node which was removed…I’m still...
Hi, please can someone give me some help around my expectations for how long the process will take in the uk? Last week was the initial removal of a bad mole and the consultant said it was likely at least phase 2 melanoma. How long will it take to get...
After 3 weeks of draining between 500 and 600 mls a day clinic has now put me on free drainage instead off vacuum , only thing when I got home from clinic today I am leaking fluid where my tube comes out my leg ! This happened once before when vacuum...
Hello everyone, I had my wider exclusion and sentinel node surgery last Wednesday- it went very well. Amazing surgeon in Oxford and home by bedtime. I’ve been a little tired and achey but the bruises are slowly going. However, when I use my right arm...
I am on high dose steroids (Dexa) for brain swelling after radiotherapy treatment for melanoma brain mets. The sleep deprivation and mood swings are the real killer, but my GP is more keen on giving me hand cream because of thinning skin. They offered...
I found a pea size lump just at the top of my right groin. My first words was “oh no” they said it may come back but I wasn’t expecting it 4 months after my immunotherapy treatment pembrolizumab. I was hoping for a bit longer before I faced that news...
Hi all, it's good to hear that so many people have few, if any, side effects from Pembro. Unfortunately my husband, on the other hand, is really struggling. He's on session 5 of a year's treatment and has constant diarrhea, approx 4 or 5 times a day and...
