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Just wondering if anyone has been offered this and whether they went through with it? I thought a bit of background would help. My daughter has recently been diagnosed with metastatic melanoma after a lump in her neck appeared. Finally, two weeks...
Hi all,just to give you an update on my treatment. I had my ultrasound biopsy done before Christmas and my ct scan done in the new year I had the results yesterday from my oncology consultant, my melanoma is still the same stage (3),but it has now gone...
Anyone else experience feeling colder?? I’m not usually a cold person but my hands and feel so cold since my diagnosis or melanoma on my thigh?
Hi everyone to cut a long story short we were told today that myhusband has stage 4 melanoma as its metastasised to his brain. We have been given the treatment options. Radiation and immunotherapy. No surgery as the mass is on the left cingulate gyrus...
Hi everyone, I had WLE and sentinel lymph node biopsies performed over two weeks ago. My armpit is healing nicely but my groin had a large, painful swelling (about the size of half an avocado!) It’s not red or hot and it’s not squishy like a seroma might...
Hi I was just wondering if others had any experiences of how to ensure your employer understand how to support you at work during treatment for immunotherapy. I feel like my Managers are supportive in words however are wanting to be able to "manage" my...
Hi everyone, my husband noticed a lesion on my scalp on Christmas day and I have just been referred under the 2 week wait rule for suspected melanoma. It is about 7mm, irregular and has a darker brown just off center. I got an appointment for the skin...
Good evening, Happy new year to you all. Please can I ask for advice? I have had surgery on the 6th of December 22 removal of my limph nodes below my right ear so it can be biopsy and a larger cut where my melanoma was removed a few weeks before. I still...
I was diagnosed with melanoma stage 2 in November, I have my first meeting with the consultant on the 4th Jan. At diagnosis I was told I would need a further surgery to remove more skin (WLE) possible skin graph and the lymph nodes in my neck checked...
Hi I had a wider local excision on the right thigh just above my knee at the end of November - I’ve just had a shower and as I was drying myself all around the wound scar had tinted blue and I had almost like a heat rash (which could be from the shower...
