Hi everyone, Not great circumstances to meet but I'm grateful these forums exist for help and support. My husband has recently been diagnosed with stage 1b Malignant Melanoma Breslow thickness 1mm. He will be having a WLE in March and has been offered...
Hello, I've been on here on and of since my diagnosis is January 24, so much is going on in my head at the moment I was diagnosed with melanoma and told I needed a wider excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy, operation been cancelled twice, once due...
I'm a new member here and i just thought I'd say hello. Not knowing much about skin cancer until now, I had a large mole (13mm) that I put off seeing the doctor about for far too long. I never really noticed the change in it, but with my partner and a...
Hello I'm new here, I just wanted to share with others who have a partner who has had a melanoma cat 1b diagnoses. I check my partner once a month but am so worried I'll miss something as there are thousands of moles to check. Jules
New to group stage 1 just had my WLE today so feel relieved, especially as got another 4 moles checked out but also anxious at same time-until get results back, which I feel bad as know I’m so lucky . After initial diagnosis I was very anxious with heart...
Hi all I was diagnosed in February with melanoma and had SNLB and WLE in April. Unfortunately it was found in my lymph nodes. Had my scan yesterday and have appointments on 30th May with Dermatology and 21st June with Oncology. This seems a long wait...
I'm new to this, I got a wife and a kid on the way. I've been letting my melanoma eat me up since I was 19, I'm turning 26 in July. Dark spots have spread, my lymphatic system hurts, I'm tired, I can't eat really anything. Now I have something to live...
Hi Just wanted to say hello to everyone after reading about things on here to help and answer questions that I had
Hi was diagnosed with melanoma in 20/22 had surgery sentinel lymph node biopsy skin graft done on day of surgery removal of growth .to cut along story short discharged after 7 days told everything went well went for 6 monthly routine check ups everything...
Hi all, this is my first post and I am very grateful for the opportunity to raise questions. After a diagnosis of melanoma in December, I had a Wide Local Excision and a Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the groin on 4th April. I have been resting and following...
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