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Hi I have come to this group from the bowel cancer forum as my husband is on nivolumab immunotherapy for bowel cancer and I have been told to come here to ask about the side effects of it as I'm aware immunotherapy is further ahead for melanoma than bowel...
I feel grateful and blessed that foreplay i have no more signs of melanoma. My scar is healing nicely and life moves on for me. I still feel like a fake can er patient as I've not go e through what others have. I hope you all get clear. Thank you all...
Hi I would like to chat to anybody on here who has had this procedure. I had my surgery 2 weeks ago and after a 3 day hospital stay came home with 2 drains still in which have now been removed and the staples also removed from surgery site. I didn’t know...
My question is do I really need a WLE after I had a Wide Excision Biopsy in September and was told that all the margins were clear and fully excised Now I’ve been told that I need a WLE and to consider Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, My name has been...
Morning hope everyone ok. I had a malignant melanoma in April last year which was removed with WLE and SLNB and all clear. Now 16 months later 2 more lesions appeared, 1 in the actual scar and 1 next to it. Very small and looked like an insect bite. Had...
I had a melanoma in situ removed some years ago. This year I've had a skin lesion and head cyst removed, both benign, but its triggered more paranoia about UV than when I had the melanoma. I am finding it really hard in low light and dull days to remember...
Hi I'm new to the forum. I had surgery Monday to remove a possible melanoma and I am waiting for the results. I have had the thing on my back for well over 15 years I didn't give it any thought or have been worried about it. For some reason I asked my...
Hi a mole on my arm itched a little last week and then looked a bit different not sure if it's because I itched it. I looked at it through a home magnifier and looks a bit scabby. I have got my next skin check in 5 weeks , it's only a small mole so should...
Hello All, I'm a sometime poster on the Prostate Cancer board. My husband was diagnosed with terminal, but treatable Prostate Cancer last December, and has had chemotherapy and is currently having hormone therapy. It's all going well, he is fit...
Hi, I was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 2 but turned out it’s a super rare spindle cell melanoma that was a metastasis from a skin cancer that has since resolved itself. Lung surgery removed tumour with clear margins, and clear lymph nodes so I thought...
