Hello, my husband has just been diagnosed with anorectal melanoma and I was wondering whether anyone here had experience of this. Thank you so much.
Hi brunt1606d99308 and a very warm welcome to the group which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I was diagnosed with melanoma 9 years ago now, but it wasn't the same type as your husbands so don't have any experiences to share I'm afraid. However, I've done a search in the group and noticed that Losthope had posted about a year ago that their husband had this type of melanoma. I've 'tagged' them into my reply to you so that they'll get a notification and, hopefully, they'll pop on to share their husband's experience with you.
It would be great if you could put something about your husband's diagnosis and any proposed treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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