I have a 2a melanoma with a WLE & SLNB at a date TBA.
The melanoma I had removed was nothing like a brown mole one. It was bright red and I only really thought about getting it checked out because it bled a lot when I caught it shaving.
I find myself now looking at every little mark on my leg an worrying about it. Is it a spot, has it always been there?
I've not been feeling like myself for at least the past year and put it down to getting old, I'm nearly 60, and pandemic blues.
Looking a the diagnosis it was 2.2mm thick with dermal mitosis more than 10/mmper sq mm.
Hi MAngela
It sounds like it might have been an amelanotic melanoma, same as mine, which are red in colour rather than the classic brown that we all know to keep an eye on.
Mine was also staged at 2a and, like you're going to have, I had a WLE and SLNB so I'm happy to tell you anything you want to know about my experience with these ops.
I know the feeling of worrying about marks on your body as I'm a very moley person. My consultant told me to take photos of the various sections of my body, ie. upper left arm, lower right leg, etc and I use these as a baseline when I'm doing my monthly check. That way I can see if there's anything new or if anything's changed.
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I don't know about WLEs on a leg but the WLE on my arm was 2cm and that was closed successfully with stitches. When you see the surgeon at the pre-op they should tell you how they intend to close it. I had dissolvable stitches which I found a lot easier to deal with than having them removed.
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