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Good Evening All, I had a biopsy on the 29th of June for suspected melanoma. The dermatologist was quite concerned and said it was pre cancerous at the minimum. I have received a letter today with another appointment booked for me on the 15th of August...
I had my WLE & SLNB with skin graft on Tuesday 2/8 and they said they wanted to see me next week. I'm wondering what to expect at this appointment. It's a 3 hour journey there and 3 hours back home afterwards, luckily hubby will be driving me. Will...
Hi there In may I had a new mole removed and sent for biopsy which came back as stage 1 melanoma. I had my results appointment on 14 June where I was told I would be having a WLE to remove a larger area around the scar as a precaution. During my results...
Recently diagnosed but after going to GP several times over 2 years. Lump on back of heel now a 8 mms deep melonoma. Didn't look like any of the pictures of risky moles - no colour and not like a mole. First referral lost, second was not progressed and...
Hi, I’m new here and just wondering what the usual process of diagnosis is like? I went to my GP 2 weeks ago who referred me for suspected melanoma as my mole has changed (different colours and irregular edge) and it was a 2 week referral. I received...
Hi I had a polyp removed in my rectum about a month ago. The surgeon told me that the centre of the polyp has skin cancer and the outer skin is benign . He says he has to discuss my case with others and will get back to me within a couple of weeks....
Hi new to this group, recently diagnosed Stage 3B metastatic melanoma and after months of scans got to see Oncologist yesterday and need to make decision re immunotherapy or targeted therapy as prevention. Veering towards immunotherapy but my mum has...
Good evening, I haven’t been on here for a couple weeks due to rounds of scans, tests and biopsies. I found out last week that I not only have Stage 4 aggressive melanoma I also have secondary stage 3 lymphoma! To be honest I’m lucky it has only travelled...
Hello, I’m new here and was diagnosed with Melanoma 2 months ago. I’m 32 years old and 3 weeks ago I had a wide excision and lymph node biopsy. Still waiting for the results. I’m currently really struggling with how I’m going to adapt to life with Melanoma...
Hi to all, I’ve been scrolling through the brilliant amount of info & support on here, and tonight felt right to reach out and say hello. my diagnosis is not yet 2 weeks old and so much has happened in moving this on, and that is fantastic and I am...
