Hi all.
Not been on here for quite a while.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
Just a couple of things on a letter I received on Saturday from the Cristie in Manchester that mean nothing to me.
It was quite a long letter to my docs from the Christie after having my meeting with the plastic surgeon consultant on the 9th November.
I got told at the start of all this that I had superficial spreading melanoma, pt3a, stage 2a, none ulcerated, Braf positive, fully excised with clear margins.
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These are some of the things said from the letter I received on Saturday that was sent to my doctor word for word as below :-
3.9mm beslow thickness melignant melanoma left medial thigh.
pT3a, Stage 2a with Lympho Vascular Invasion and mitotic rate 9mm2.
Completely excised 2.2mm peripheral margin and 4.1mm deep margin.
On examination there was a nicely healed scar on left medial thigh with no signs local or regional recurrence and no lymphadenopathy.
Plan including wide local excision with 2cm margin of the liaison to reduce the chance of the tumor recurrence a sentinel lymph node biopsy.
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A nice lady on a forum said that Lympho Vascular Invasion meant it had reached the blood vessels or lymph vessels, so if that is the case doesn't that mean that it hasn't actually been completely excised with clear margins as it is in the blood or lymph vessels.
I am just thinking, with it reaching the blood vessels or lymph vessels it is being carried to the lymph nodes i.e like a river carrying a boat, if you know what I mean.
I have no idea what a mitotic rate 9mm2 means.
Also have no idea lymphadenopathy means ?
Can somebody please shed some light on these for me.
I know I am clutching at straws, but thought I was in with a slim chance it may have not reached the lymph nodes.
Thank you all
Simon
Al the best for tomorrow.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Morning.
Got to the Christie at 6.45am.
1st one in theatre at 8.45am, was woken up at 10.45am.
We went home at 1.15pm.
It is very sore where my WLE was done at the top / middle part of my inner left thigh, but i have some co-codamels left over from when i had my kidney stone pain, so it helps a bit.
Pain not so bad from where my SLNB was done on my groin, they took 2 out and said they were very very close to each other so they could probably get them out in one go.
I know they told me from my initial biopsy that it was all taken out and I had clear margins, and I know I am just probably clutching at straws hoping it hasn't spread to the lymph nodes.
If it has, which it probably has, then I will just have to take it from there I suppose.
Have a lovely weekend.
Weather is horrible here in sunny Manchester 
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Simon x
Great to hear that everything went smoothy with your ops Simon.
I took paracetamol and ibuprofen as recommended by the hospital for a couple of days after my ops and was fine after that. The wound areas were just a bit on the sore side but soon calmed down.
When should you get your results?
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
