Hi everyone. On Friday I had another mole biopsy, this time from my right buttock it’s sooo uncomfortable but I can bear it then yesterday I had a full body ct scan to make sure there’s no spread from my melanoma as my lymph node was lost in transit to...
Hi Everyone I am unable to sleep awaiting the results for three biopsies for suspected Melanoma. It is 7 weeks now and I know the hospital have had the results for 2 weeks now. I had a Wide Excision and Lymph Removal back in Dec 2018 so really nervous...
I had my WLE and SLNB 7 weeks ago. One lymph node was negative and the other one went missing in transit therefore I’m having a ct next week. the worry I have now is I finally got all my feeling back in my left boob ( lymph nodes were taken from that...
I'd obviously be MM free but have been recently diagnosed with pt1a and having a WLE next week. I have two critical illness policies with AIG and Arriva. Has anyone had a successful claim with pt1a previously?
Hi I went to my doctors today and he looked at my mole (as well as another mole that was once identical to the mole I’m worried about) and said they were fine. About 40 minutes later, I got a phone call from the doctor saying something along the lines...
Hi everyone I have updated my profile, had a WLE and SLNB on 18th November, still awaiting results. A rollercoaster, some days I think I'm OK, other days I think this is the beginning of the end (I can be a tad over dramatic). The waiting is so hard...
Hi everyone I'm new to this site so not really sure how it works. I was supposed to have surgery for a lymph nodes clearance in my left groin on Wed but the consultant informed me that he was not going to do the clearance as he now had the results of...
Hi Everyone, I am currently waiting for the date for my WLE and SLNB for the mole removal 18th November (stage 1b). As I had that done privately due to the urgency I wasn't assigned a cancer nurse. I was then referred back to the NHS for the WLE etc...
Hi everyone I have a mole on my neck that has started to change over recent months. GP referred me to hospital on a 2WW and had my appointment yesterday. I thought she would.take a look yesterday and maybe say it needed a biopsy. However she examined...
Hi guys, Just had a call from docs p.a asking me to go in to receive my results. She couldn't tell me anymore than that there had been a mdt meeting. Is this normal routene?? I thought I may have got a letter if everything was ok due to current covid...
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