Hi everyone, I'm new here! My twin sister has melanoma cancer stage 3 and today is starting the treatement.
Hi everyone, I'm new on here and thought I'd share my Melanoma experience so far and my experience of the Scottish NHS. It's been an experience I wouldn't wish on anyone. I had a large pale flat mole under my right ankle since birth. Last summer it...
Hi, I'm through the stages of operations etc, and am so happy my cancer hadn't spread, but how do you cope with the terror that it's still lingering, waiting to return? I am terrified it is going to come back. The slightest mark appears and I break...
Hi everyone, I am 3 weeks post op for wide excision (shoulder blade) and SLNB (under left arm) my melanoma was removed with clear margins in November, it was 3.5mm in depth. Stage 2A I have had my nurse appointment today she was lovely and had a good...
Hello My sibling has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma and it is a great shock. They just retired early a couple of years ago having reached 65 now and they say it is a rare aggressive type of melanoma so it is one thing trying to adjust...
Hello my. Husband is going in for second procedure This week and should then be over alert from checks up. He’s not sure how to feel after it how do people feel how do I support him we are struggling just now same as lots of people drs says he needs another...
Hi there, had anybody been told what the % or chances are that melanoma stage 2 can spread to sentinel lymph node, I’m finding it a grey area, my dermatologist told me this week (only diagnosed Monday) that “most” people that have what you had removed...
Hi anyone on here feeling different emotions , I want to be by myself and then again I want be round others , I am normally out going n like enjoying things and having a laugh , since my diagnosis of melonoma in situ stage 0 also a wle and waiting those...
Misdiagnosed lumps as cysts by GPs now Stage 4 with 5 tumours in brain and 60-70 across my body Immunotherapy did not work on me so now on chemo tablets just wanted to say hello really and wish you all well.
Hi. I had a melanoma in situ excision in November 2022 after noting a small mole on my left ankle had changed. Am currently waiting for wider excision and plastic surgery. Originally told to chase after 3-4 weeks, currently heading towards 6, but can...
