Hello all, i am new here so please excuse me if i dont make sense or ramble on. Yesterday I was diagnosed with Nodular Melanoma. Currently it is Stage 1b which i took to be a positive. However after the consultant said i am to be referred to another...
Hello, Just wondering if anyone can advise or has similar problems? After being diagnosed recently with Melanoma again, first time in 2017, I'm recovering from a wide excision and skin graft which I had 9 weeks ago. It's been a difficult time and...
Had a phone call from the GP's receptionist today. It basically went like this 'hi, dermatology have had a look at the photos the doctor sent and want to see you'. I asked when, and the reply was 'don't know, bye'. Is the equivalent of the letter...
Hi all had surgery on my parotid gland in may turns out melanoma completely gutted, all scans clear, dermatology head to foot clear 28th of this month i start immunotherapy Nivolumab bit worried about side effects been told I'm stage 3b absolutely gu...
I was Diagnosed with Melanoma in my Eye in 2023, Had Proton Bean therapy in Clatterbridge Cancer Hospital in Liverpool, followed by routine, checks by Moorfields in London, then followed by that MRI Scans every 6 months, in February this year, MRI showed...
Hi. I've had a stage 1B melanoma removed from my sscalp. It was 0.8mm deep, in the first layer of skin only. There is a 10% chance the cancer has spread to my lymph nodes, 90% chance it hasn't spread at all. I need to decide if I want the sentinel lymph...
Hey everyone My mum (72) was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma in Dec 24 with approx 4 cm tumor in the right side of her brain. She also has vitiligo which developed in 2023. We did targeted radiotherapy on her brain tumor and started with pembrolizumab...
Hi everyone, My Mum had a wide skin excision this afternoon under local anaesthetic for a suspected amelanotic melanoma. It was big and the surgeon was even in two minds to operate but he went ahead and now she has a long scar to take care of on her...
Hi, I've come here for any recommendations. My Dad has advanced melanoma, which has spread to his brain. 10 days ago, he was taken into hospital with constipation. We've had no comms from the doctors or nursing team despite numerous requests. Dad is getting...
Hi I had a lesion (I thought it was a mole) removed from my arm last week as it was suspicious and it was itchy too. . I was called in quickly and had it removed. They said it would be 2 to 4 weeks to get the results from this. I don't know what would...
