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I’ve recently been diagnosed with stage 1b, awaiting WLE and SLNB, how do people manage and process the uncertainty and potential unknowns of what may come in the future?
Hi all! I have my dermatology appointment tomorrow following referral on the 2 week pathway due to 2 moles/lesions which look suspicious. I am a very moley person and there are others that I would like the dermatologist to look at so will be asking...
Finishing adjuvant dab tram & worried about what happens now. Feeling very anxious as I felt taking the tablets at least I was doing something
Hello, I'm at a bit of a loss atm, I've had photos taken for possible skin cancer on the top of my ear, I was initially told last year it was a seborrhoeic keratosis however it started to bleed, scab and itch, I had the photos done yesterday and last...
Hi I'm on melanoma survalliance for braf stage 3a!, And have had thyroid cancer, I just wondered if others have reduced working hours. Just having had cancers makes you think a bit different about life and work etc..especially when you have the worry...
Hi, Back in Aug/Sep 2023, I had a 5mm punch biopsy, which found a Malignant Melanocytic lesion I then had a 2cm wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy, as well as a skin graft on my right shin. This was a Stage 1B About a month ago, a...
Hi. I’ve neglected to keep up with this forum but now realise I desperately need some support and in turn would like to think I can help others at some stage. I was diagnosed with stage 1a acral Legitinous melanoma earlier this year - a mole between...
Hi everyone, I’ve been stage 4 for 3.5 years. Initially I had melanoma to stage 3 in 2011/12 treated with surgeries. I went 10 years clear but in May 2022 went into hospital with spreads to nearly every bone, muscle and organ in my body. 3 tumours were...
Hi I have stage 4 melanoma, some big tumours I can feel which is so scary. I am 10 days into first Ipi/nivo am just starting to have side effects. A sore mouth a few days ago and now a rash appearing on back. Anyone similar, I’m struggling tonight and...
I can't find my original details but I had melanoma and it was cut out by wider excision and I got the all clear 2 weeks ago.then last week I had an itch on my lower back and I appear to have a raised lesion there. I am going to the Dr tomorrow night...
