Feeling rather nervous with all the paperwork and phone calls .. have my first appointment with consultant soon to discuss wide local excision and consideration of lymph node testing … obviously worried if I go for the lymph node test that they find something...
Hi, Im 27, female and worried about skin cancer. I went to the GP around two weeks ago to have them look at two of my moles. They are both bigger than my other moles and funny shapes. They have changed over the years but i think this has coincided with...
Hello I have just been told that Melanoma has returned after 27 years of being clear I had stage 4 melanoma on my back after 2 operations it spread to my lymph nodes under my right armpit, I thought this would never happen but it has need to fight as...
Hello, I first had a mole on my shin back in 2023 stage 2a which was removed with surgery. It then came back end of 2024 as 3C where I had lymph node dissection, and then went on targeted treatment (dabrafenib and Trametinib) for a year which finished...
Hi All, I have Stage 4 M1b Melanoma, BARF wild-type, it started on my shoulder in 2016, misdiagnosed then went under correct treatment in 2020, excised 4 times as it come back, despite 12 months on Pembrolizumab, thyroid & pancreas affected, had metastasised...
Does anyone have experience of infection arising some time after SLNB? I had three lymph nodes removed from my groin five weeks ago, mercifully they showed no evidence of spread. However, I visited the plastic surgery outpatients today because of redness...
First time posting here. I am at home recovering from wide local excision of acral lentiginus melanoma from sole of left foot and split skin graft performed two days ago. I am awaiting the results of SLNB. Does anyone have experience and tips for dealing...
Hi I had small mole on right side of chin didn’t hurt or itch skin unbroken had been there a couple of years I had a small scar there from an abscess in my teenage years but in August last year it changed shape slightly but decided no harm in getting...
Hi everyone! My husband was diagnosed with stage 3B melanoma in 2022. He had it removed from his right hand and one node in right armpit. He then started the BRAF targeted therapy in 2023 but had weird heart palpitations which seemed to dumbfound the...
Hi I was first diagnosed with cancer after colonoscopy end of April. After the biopsy and Ct scan was told I had a rare type of melanoma in my backside. I am unsure the exact name but after googling it I think it is Anorectal Mucosal Melanoma. I then...
