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hi all, I am a 24 year old female with mixed ethnicity. I went to the dermatologist last week for a mole check. They flagged a mole that I didn’t expect them to look at it. This mole is a dark mole on my chest that is larger than the rest and an ugly...
Hello everyone hope you are all coping well. Today I had the best news, I got the all clear!!!!’ Even the bugger of a lymph node that went missing has come back negative. It’s been the toughest 7 months and I know I’m sorted really quickly compared to...
Hello, I posted here on Friday when I had just found out that my dad has stage 4 melanoma. He now has it in his saliva gland, neck node, rib, stomach, lung and kidney gland and is going to be starting immunotherapy (opdivo and yervoy). I was just...
Hi I went to my docter just over a week ago with 5 days I was seeing a dermatologist very next day I had the the mole removal. I am worried it's something bad
Hello everyone. My partner continues to lose weight from his side effects from Pembro. He is on his second anti nausea medication and it helps only slightly. Has anyone else here been on Pembro while on thyroid block and replace drugs at the same time...
Hi All, I now have a date for my operation it is going to be on the 19/01/2022. They will remove all the lymph nodes from under my arm and chest. I have done some reading and more recently have read that there is evidence to say that it is not always...
I have worn a mask since the very beginning of the pandemic as my mum was clinically vulnerable…she passed away last April and I had my diagnosis in July so mask wearing has just been a way of life…I’m fortunate in that I am retired so don’t use public...
So last week I was informed that my missing sentinel lymph node had been found probably been at the hospital all along!! It’s unbelievable and there’s a full investigation. That lymph node is now being tested 10 weeks after removal!!! Then today I was...
Good morning just thought I would post an update. I had my wle (on the ankle) on 7th December with a skin graft taken from the abdomen. The graft has healed really well and I was allowed to start running again from 11th January and so far so good. I...
Hi. Im New here posted once but when I get there I never know what to say or do. I kinda wish that there were groups to meet in person. As I work better that way. I was wondering if any was at the same or similar stage to me. Im. Stage 4 metastatic...
