Hi everyone, I just joined to ask a question if that's allowed? I'm probably jumping the gun but yesterday discovered a brand new suddenly grown small black lump and google images has me worried about 'nodular melanoma'. I'm a little worried as a family...
My husband was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in December 2024.we were told there was no cure but he was offered ipi/nivo immunotherapy treatment for 2 years. He has just completed treatment 4 of ipi/nivo and will now start nivo only. He has had a...
Hi, Has anyone had any incidental findings in head scan to do with blood vessels? They say there no metastatic melanoma identified. It has come up on scans before but not been mentioned before and its not on all scans , they are not to concerned at...
Hi- new to group and just been diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma. Had a wide excision on leg and satellite cells found at wound site and in two lymph nodes. Awaiting a ct to see if cancer has spread. 6 yrs ago I had a melanoma same leg a wide excision but...
Diagnosed last November and doing ok so far. taking dabrafenib and trametanib since March but suddenly got quite bad muscle/joint pain. Paracetamol not making much difference.
Hi all, This week I was diagnosed with metastic melanoma after a biopsy of one of my inguinal lymph nodes. No idea where the primary site is at this point. I have been asked to attend an MRI scan on my liver, which doesn't seem good. I've been referred...
Hello all. My brother is currently battling stage 4 melanoma with bone mets. He has had small shrinkage and lots of weight loss. His oncologist said he cannot lose anymore weight, he needs to be a certain weight/bmi to continue immunotherapy, Does anybody...
JCY64. I’m new to the group I had Stage 2C melanoma and a melanoma in situ diagnosed in December 2024. I had WLE and sentinel lobe biopsies in February 2025 and started immunotherapy in March 2025. So far so good
Hi, I actually can't believe I'm writing this, and I'm struggling with anxiety and accepting the diagnosis. I had a mole appear about 5 years ago that I went straight to my GP about who said it was all fine. I left it longer when it changed as I thought...
Im 28 years old and 4months post partum. During the last trimester of my pregnancy I noticed a hard lump in my groin- I wasnt too worried and just thought it was one of the weird and wonderful pregnancy symptoms and it would disappear after birth. I attended...
