Hello everyone, I am currently very worried that I may have melanoma. A mole has turned very dark, it has changed in appearance a lot, borders are irregular & I have dark brown spots all over it, plus another lesion near it has appeared, both are slightly...
Hello I had an incision biopsy in a hospital (removing only a small part of my lesion) a couple of weeks ago and the results came back positive with a diagnosis of cutaneous malignant melanoma with at least pT1b (the thickness is 0.9mm and mitotic index...
Hello and thanks for accepting me to the forum. Following a mole removal from the back of my neck I’ve had the shock of being told it’s a1.6mm melanoma. To say I’m in total shock is an understatement as I’m sure everyone else must feel.I’m having a WLE...
Hi - a bit about me My wife has had Mucosal Melanoma for about 15 months, a couple of relatively successful operations, but has been less lucky with Immunotherapy, where the combined drugs have caused colitis and the maintenance drugs are causing hepatitis...
Hi everyone My best friend was recently diagnosed with recurrent melanoma. She had skin cancer 10 years ago which after a misdiagnosis from her GP resulted in it spreading to her lymph nodes. She had 6 lymph nodes removed from her thigh. This year...
Hello, I got diagnosed last week with Stage 1b melanoma. Thickness 1.4mm, not ulcerated, mitosis 1 and no palpable enlarged lymph nodes. I am absolutely terrified that it has spread to my lymph nodes and am waiting for a WLE and SLNB. Does anyone have...
Hi, I'm new to the group. I have had a malignant melanoma removed and a sentinel node biopsy. I have just been recalled as the biopsy showed cells. I am waiting for 2 scans then further op to remove lymph nodes. I've been told that all being well I will...
Hi Im Emily and Im a 30 year old mam to 3 girls I had an excisional removal on Wednesday last week and begin the seemingly long wait for results. I asked the consultant who performed the excision removal how I would receive the results, if...
Hi everyone, This my first post so I am a bit unsure of how this all works, I have recently been diagnosed with a malignant melanoma and had a mole excision I have to return for a wide local excision and a different mole removed I am a bit worried as...
Good morning I was given the diagnosis that I have melanoma 4 days ago after a biopsy at the end of July on a suspicious looking mole I’d noticed in March. To say I am in shock is an understatement, next step is waiting for an appointment for excision...
