I wish my children didn't have to go through what I've gone through but my daughter back on the cancer pathway, more moles got to come out. It feels never ending. I know we should be happy catch everything early but knowing it will always come back...
Hi, I had a melanoma removed earlier this year with clear margins, it was 1.0mm deep. I’ve since had a WLE and I’m waiting on the results. I was unable to have the SLNB unfortunately so I’ve had an ultrasound instead which came back normal. I find myself...
Hello everyone, It's been 9 days postop from the WLE and Sentinel biopsy (2 nodes taken out) First days were quite OK, just took some paracetamol and felt fine. On Monday, 5 days post op, I started having pain and swelling under the armpit, on where...
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Hi everyone, My mum's a stage four melanoma patient. She's been doing really well on her treatment and as far as we know her cancer is still shrinking. Today we noticed that she has a new mole that has appeared out of nowhere. It's on her neck, maybe...
Hi all I’ve got Nodular Melanoma Stage 2B I had my WLE and SLNB on the 16th April , but I can honestly say I’m feeling worse now in the last week so exhausted and just a lack of interest in everything. Does anyone know if this can be linked to the diagnosis...
Hi all I feel like a moan, got diagnosed with melanoma stage 1 in 2017. Then with stage 3 2021 went through one year of targeted therapy. Then in 2023 it went to stage 4, I’m a year into a two year plan of immunotherapy. My latest scan should the lymph...
So loads of meetings /appointment ..had my op on April 9th , all lymph noes groin ur plus toe off Acral Melanoma stage 3c ...I am eager to just start immunotherapy though just appt for June 18th..is it usually 2 months post op ?
Hi I had WLE and SLNB in groin on 12th February. Had some swelling in groin after and area is still numb which apparently is all normal but area is still swollen and just above my knee is swollen and has changed colour. It’s like a bruise that hasn’t...
Hi, I’m 9 months post WLE and SLNB for stage 2b melanoma and still have significant nerve pain. I’ve been offered neuromodulation to try and alleviate the symptoms. Every 2 weeks for 12 weeks, however I can’t find any information on what it is or what...
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