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Hello, I’m new here, on the hunt to find my tribe as feeling very lonely at the moment having had a recent stage 2b malignant melanoma diagnosis. (Read my profile for more info) the mole was initially removed from my lower mid back in October and last...
Posting on here is incredibly daunting … especially as essentially, I’m cancer-free and fine. In comparison to some people’s experiences, I feel like a bit of a fraud for struggling with now being a cancer patient. At the end of October, I was diagnosed...
I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma (in a lymph node under my right arm) with unknown primary in December 2019. I had 12 months of immunotherapy and had my regular 3 month/ 6 month skin checks and scans for the next 2 years up until this month. All...
Hi does anyone have any experience with sabr, I have been offered it if surgery is not possible because my melanoma has returned only had Ned in (July or August)and skipped my lymph nodes and just developed in my abdomen I had a lump removed from the...
Hi everyone im still in shock from being told yesterday the mole on my leg was a stage 2B melanoma. I’m only 29 and have a 6 month old daughter and lost my mum to stage 4 bowel cancer when I was 7 months pregnant earlier in the year. This wasn’t the...
Hello, my husband has several 'low level' melanomas in which have spread from an original melonoma he had last year. Although 'low level' we were told this is incurable and he will be given maximum immunotheropy treatment from Jan to try to give us a...
I have recently had surgery on my upper thigh (melanoma) very wide excision - stitches should be dissolvable but nearly 3 weeks after surgery not dissolved & got a very nasty infection. Has anyone else had the same happen to them. The area is still very...
Looking for some advice. I am on Pembro and I am due dose 4 just after Xmas. All had been good and a clear body scan in July and a clear ( chest/ abdomen and pelvis ) scan in November really gave me a boost. last night when I turned my neck I felt two...
Hi everyone had my op back in may, i had wide local excision on my right cheek, scar as healed amazing. However during my scan before op they discovered a nodule on my left lung had to have a special scan to rule out it wasnt cancer, thank god it was...
Hi I’m 31 year old and had a mole on my back that had a hard lump under and was starting to hurt the doctor sent me for a two week referral to a consultant. I saw the consultant and pointed a few other moles she said there all fine but the lumpy one on...
