Been snooping about the forum for a couple of days since my diagnosis. Finding it very informative and thought I'd introduce myself. Diagnosed stage 1A melanoma earlier this week. My other half spotted the nasty mole in September and said that doesn...
Hi Everyone, This is my first post. I had a skin biopsy 6 weeks ago for a dodgy looking mole, quite a lot removed at the time. I have this week chased the dermatologists and histology departments. Histology told me results were with the dermatologist...
Hello, I’m new here, on the hunt to find my tribe as feeling very lonely at the moment having had a recent stage 2b malignant melanoma diagnosis. (Read my profile for more info) the mole was initially removed from my lower mid back in October and last...
Posting on here is incredibly daunting … especially as essentially, I’m cancer-free and fine. In comparison to some people’s experiences, I feel like a bit of a fraud for struggling with now being a cancer patient. At the end of October, I was diagnosed...
Hi everyone im still in shock from being told yesterday the mole on my leg was a stage 2B melanoma. I’m only 29 and have a 6 month old daughter and lost my mum to stage 4 bowel cancer when I was 7 months pregnant earlier in the year. This wasn’t the...
Hi all as promised I had my biopsy review yesterday! After a long 6week wait. Which was torture. I had got malignant melanoma but they’ve caught it early staged at 1a & have said they’re pretty sure they’ve got it all! But I’ve got to have an wider excisional...
Hi my husband was diagnosed last November with Stage 4. After several scans tumours were found in Brain, Groin, lymph node under arm and attached to his liver. He was on aural Chemotherapy but now immunotherapy when he is not on steroids because of his...
I am new to the group. I have joined as I am supporting my fiancé who has stage 4 melanoma, and has just started taking dab and tram. After initial melanoma diagnosis 2 and a half years ago he has had 1 year on a pembro trial, after which the the melanoma...
Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with skin cancer! Came as a masssive shock! I had a excisional mole removal still awaiting biopsy results it’ll be 5 weeks next week! Really scared as I’m still sore! Praying it hasn’t spread! The waiting is torture x
So after being staged as Pt1a with my biopsy I finally got my WLE on September 23rd. Took a pretty good chunk out of my inner right calf. After about two weeks I finally was brave enough to peel off the wrap and it didn't look too bad. Have been carefully...
