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Hello All and Happy Boxing Day i had a wide local excision and a skin graft to my lower leg just above the ankle at the end of November. The graft took well apart from one small area at the bottom of the graft which has a small red lump and constantly...
Hi all,got another ct scan on Thursday morning to check what's happening with my lumps in my grion area My surgery keeps being delayed ,while they do all these extra tests I just am keeping my fingers crossed that all will be fine
Hi I had a mole removed in January came back stage 1a melanoma , I was terrified , I’m 32 and have kids and so scared for the future. I’m really not coping and tremble and shake in fear everyday. Iv been told prognosis is very good but I’m so scared of...
Hi a year ago i had succesful treatment for a stage 1a (0.3) melanoma. All was well and i now have 3 monthly skin checks for the next 5 years. At my last skin check at the end of November the Doc said i had a bcc on my back. He went to great lengths to...
Hey all Feel like I just need to moan a bit. I’m a bit down about the wait for my treatment, it seems like elsewhere in the country the wait isn’t so long. I’m in the south east. I was referred for a WLE and SLNB back in July this year when the mole...
Hi all,had an ultrasound biopsy done on my grion area. My oncology Dr found some lumps the last time he did an examination It looks like my lymph nodes are swollen, worried sick now with what's happening with all these new melanoma lumps that keep popping...
Hi everyone. Devastated to be here to be honest. my husband was originally told a lump he had biopsied was benign, two weeks later its malignant and it’s melanoma. The mass that they had been querying a diagnosis for in his brain is also melanoma. So...
Hi had my wle today in my shin did not do a skin graft , stitched most of it up but still left with a opened wound av go back next week for check up on wound n maybe still need skin graft if don’t close up , 6 weeks to wait in anticipation for 2nd biopsy...
Hi all and new here Stage 3/4 Melanoma patient and currently being treated with Pembrlizunab. This was originally given as adjuvant but now is being used to treat new lesions after cancer has metastasised. I was initially given told they'd caught...
Well tomorrow it is operation on my leg and maybe skin graft for melonoma in situ very nervous and worried
