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Hi everyone, It's coming up to two years since my mum was diagnosed with stage four melanoma, having had tumours all over her body including three in the brain. I just wanted to share a positive update to give hope to anyone who needs it. Her most recent...
So it’s one step forward and two steps back for me at the minute. I had a melanoma removed in June originally stage 2a, however a satalite was found and I was upgraded to stage 3B. Last Friday I was told by the dermatologist that my scans were clear,...
My Thyroid is not working at all and next week I will be collecting Levothyroxine I would be grateful to hear of anyone's experience of this drug. I am not surprised as each blood test I have had for nearly 2 years the TSH has been lower, the treatment...
Hello, I had a wide excision and centinal lymph node biopsy in my groin last Friday, 1 week ago today. I’m experiencing a burning sensation at the lymph node biopsy site and have today noticed some of numbness in my thigh when I tough it. Just wondering...
A few weeks ago I was diagnosed with a stage 1a melanoma the top of my left foot. It is just in front of ankle and about one inch below it. Getting a dermatology oncologist was fairly easy, but a plastic surgeon to work on the foot seems to be a unique...
Hello everyone I have to make a choice tomorrow between immunotherapy and targeted therapy. I have a number of autoimmune conditions and have ME/CFS so am likely to experience side effects. The immuno is more unpredictable for side effects I’m told...
I’m due to start my immunotherapy in a couple of weeks - ‘Pembro’ only, every six weeks or so for a year if I’m not too badly affected by side effects. Now I know everyone is different and that side effects are a bit of a lottery, but I’d love to hear...
Hi! My husband has been offered two options to treat his stage 3B melanoma. He’s BRAF positive so has been offered targeted tablet therapy (dabrafenib and trametinib ) or intravenous immunotherapy (pembrolizumab). He’s had his cancerous mole - and nearest...
Hello I am New here and just wanted to connect with people who understand. Most days I am coping well but today I feel so overwhelmed and alone. I have stage 3c nodular melanoma. Large deposit found in one sentinel lymph node, but worryingly with...
Firstly apologies if this is a double post, I thought I posted last night but couldn't find the post now. I have recently been referred under 2ww by the nurse at my GP for 2 suspicious looking moles. The nurse used a dermascope and took photos of the...
