Any advice greatly appreciated but I'll give some back story too.
Sept 2018, diagnosed Stage 3C due to my birth mark at the top of my left buttock developing Melanoma. Doctors did not refer me for 18 months telling me it was psoriasis. If referred at initial appt I would have been Stage 1.
Had SLNB revealing 2 of 3 taken had Melanoma cells, had WLE of the original site. Then had Immunotherapy (Nivolumab) for almost a year, managed 19 of the 26 cycles but it was stopped due to severe psoriasis covering my body as a result of the treatment.
Skip forward to November 2022, when I found a lump i the centre of my WLE scar, had it removed and confirmed as Melanoma - no further action but 3 monthly skin checks and 6 monthly CT scans recommenced (had stopped for about a year prior).
Now, 10 June 2025, I feel a large lump in my groin (left side again) saw my consultant a couple of weeks later who ordered urgent CT, ultrasound and biopsy, all completed by 2 July. Then the dreaded wait.
Skip to now, I have Melanoma in my lymph node measuring 26mm in my grpin, but it has definitely grown since ultrasound etc.
Prior CT in February was clear, so this looks like one aggressive so and so!
I see my consultant on 11th August and surgery is on 27th August. Having a lymph node dissection - don't currently know how many he is talking.
Can anyone give any ideas how long I will be in hospital?
Because it is growing so much, do I assume it's also spreading?
With it being my lymph nodes, am I likely to undergo treatment again?
Thanks everyone
Sara xx
