Hi, my husband has was diagnosed with stage 2b 4.1mm melanoma in February. Hes 45. I'm really struggling with conflicting information we are recieiving. He had a ct scan 3 weeks ago and we recently met with the plastic surgeon. He advised that they had detected 4 small nodules on his lungs and 2 on his liver. He advised, due to the seriousness of this we would get an appointment with the oncologist no later than this week to go over a treatment plan and get additional support. He mentioned that in his experience the nodules would be linked to the melanoma but were too small to biopsy. He said he would now not perform the lymph node biopsy along with the wide local incision (which will be in a couple of weeks) He also mentioned starting immunotherapy. He also said they just didn't know whether to " stick or twist" with his case. This was a little upsetting because its not a card game he's playing.
We contacted oncology today and were told no appointment had been made for my husband and that the plan was to wait 2-3 months to see if the nodules grow.
I feel confused and don't understand why they would wait if they feel that it is such high risk for it having metastasized. We have never spoken to an oncologist to answer any of our questions and I feel like we have been left in limbo with nothing but Google to help us understand.
Any support or advice would be greatly appreciated.
