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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...
Just been diagnosed going to have my lymph nodes checked and where the mole was re-opened again. So scary, I had double mastectomy in 2018/19 due to breast cancer.
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...
Hello Everyone I am looking for recommendations for high protection skin and face moisteriser preferably fragrence free.
Hello everyone, I am looking for some advice and experiences please. My husband has nasty lesion on his foot, we saw dermatologist Tuesday who said she is concerned and that it is an acral lentiginous melanoma. She referred my husband for a punch biopsy...
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...
Hi Iv not participated recently but have been reading posts … I’m a little confused at the moment and don’t really know what to think. Been on Pembrolizumab since April and recently had a PET scan , which has highlighted a new tumour in the skin … I...
