Hi : In 2007 I had a malignant melanoma removed from my left arm. Earlier his year I felt a small lump develop under my left armpit, had a biopsy and was diagnosed with a metastatic malignant melanoma that had spread into the lymph nodes. Last week I...
Hello all. A week ago I was diagnosed with “cancer” by my GP. He didn’t say what type, but as it’s on my skin in a few places and seems to have spread to my lungs and kidneys it’s likely stage 4 melanoma. Easter has interrupted the results of an...
Hi all i am 32 weeks pregnant and showed my weird mole last Friday to a dermatologist. I have a suspected melanoma on the calf… I m getting full excision tomorrow, while we managed going private to get things speed up (the initial nhs consultant appointment...
Hi, my first post here and still can't believe I'm now part of this world. I had what was thought to be a thyroglossal cyst removed at the end of October but histology results that I received on 21st November showed metastatic melanoma. After scans I...
Hi I've had a mole removed on my upper arm and its come back as a 2a so the consultant is doing a wle a week on Monday. It's terrified me and I'm now thinking all my moles and freckles are different/raised etc. I went out to meet family today and I...
So I wanted to post on here just to say hello and introduce myself I have a profile already set up which you will see was about my mum not me… unfortunately my mum lost her battle to lung cancer at the end of august after loosing my dad 7 years ago...
Hi I got a diagnosis of melanoma in my lymph 2 weeks ago. I went for a PET scan today the scanner was broken. Feeling very frustrated feels like everything takes forever. Just want to know the stage and the next steps. Feeling very frustrated I had a...
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Hi fist time on this group Advice and tips please. I am on my 3rd attempt at trying to tolerate dab/ tram. Smallest dose and last chance to take it. Anyone else have awful side effects? Today is day 7 and I’m in bed so I can make it to the bathroom. ...
Hello, my name is Fenella and I have just been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. I was born in a hot country and for the first seven years of my life I was probably burnt many times (the days before sunscreen was invented!). Last week I had gamma knife...
