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I’m 8 months into adjuvant pembro treatment. My scan in May showed a 1mm nodule in the lung. Latest scan shows it at 3mm and so now being referred for a PET scan. My oncologist thinks it is the melanoma so now starting to talk about radiotherapy or a...
Hi. I’ve been to 2 different Hospital’s for treatment of melanoma insitu on nose. The first hospital did an excision biopsy to confirm. At the second hospital I had WLE with skin graft, then the results revealed some remaining melanoma cells in the margin...
After 7 weeks wait have received an appointment letter with dermatology nurse ( not consultant?) in 3 weeks time to get results of excision biopsy. Seems a long time with no hint as to good or bad. Is this normal? Royal Wolves New Cross hospital...
Hello I was diagnosed with melenoma on Fri 19th August after they removed two moles from my back, I didn't even know they were there as I don't look at my back in the morrow and I live by myself The small mole was 0.3mm but the bigger one was 1.2mm...
Hi everyone. What a journey I've been on and am still on. Was diagnosed with Stage 2C acral melanoma in 2020. As a result I lost half of a finger and had a SLNB done. Got the all clear and I thought happy days. From my SLNB I had a tiny pocket of fluid...
Hi, I haven’t been in here for a while. I was diagnosed with a stage 2a in Sept 2020 and was lucky to have a clear SLNB. Unfortunately I then had a melanoma in situ in Sept 2021 so I often find myself expecting more to come and not feeling very confident...
Hi, I’ve just found this forum. I’ve recently been diagnosed with Stage 1A Melanoma and am waiting for a date for my wide excision. The wait between appointments seems to be for ever. It’s already been 12 weeks since my mole was removed and I was...
Hello Looking for a bit of insight, and reaching out I had a follow up WLE with skin graft back in February on my shin.Healing wasn’t great but I was finally discharged from the dressing clinic at the end of June. Other than the new wardrobe of...
Hello! Has anyone experienced joint stiffness/pain on Nivolumab? I had my second infusion a week ago and the following day I had a headache, then a stiff neck, lower back and hip pain over the days that followed. Yesterday I woke up with sore knees...
Hi, I have recently had a lump removed from my knee which was ulcerated and I was told was stage 4 melanoma. I have since had a Brian MRI and PET scan which I have been told is all clear. I now have to have a further lymph node biopsy from the groin and...
