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Hi all, I posted a while back as we were waiting for news as to whether my wife's mole was anything sinister. It turned out to be a nodular melanoma 0.07mm thickness and the Dermatologist believes they have cut it all out but scheduled an appointment...
Hi everyone I hope you are all doing okay. I had my WLE, skin graft, and lymph node biopsies on 01/09. The wound clinic nurse gave me an antibacterial eye ointment to put on the skin graft (initial dressing has been removed) and on my lymph node scars...
Hi, I just need to put my thoughts into word and get them out... I was diagnosed with skin cancer November 2023. Had the lymph nodes checked they had traces of the melanoma cells, moving on from that I was then checked for my lungs as there was a possibility...
Hi Everyone, Last year I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma PT1a, and had both an excision then a WLE after the initial diagnosis. Last July I was finally discharged from dermatology after completing the 1 year follow up. However recently I checked...
Hi everyone, Hoping to connect with anyone who’s in or been in a similar situation. I’m desperately looking for positive reassuring stories to help me stop spiralling! my current journey is as follows: July 2024 - noticed a new lesion on the back...
Hi my urgent gp referral was now 11 weeks ago, biopsy 6 weeks ago. I spoke to Pals this week as I’m pretty frustrated. Today received a call to say there’s nothing that can be done to speed things up. Now I’ve just received a phone call appointment...
Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself. I've been diagnosed with Melanoma, the lesion was 1.5mm thickness and I have had a wider excision and a sentinel lymph node biopsy where they removed 3 lymph nodes. I have also had a CT scan. These were...
Afternoon all sorry didn’t know how to update previous post. so 2 weeks after having my suspicion mole removed, I’ve just had a message to attend a follow up appointment (they said 6-8 weeks originally) Now I’m panicking! Obviously minds gone into...
Anyone with melanoma in their 30s/40s? I would love to meet people a bit closer to my age that understand what it feels like to get this diagnosis, go through the surgeries, scans, biopsies, check-ups etc. What it's like to date, to find work, to...
Hi I had WLE 8 months ago plus lymph removal in groin. Area of lymph removal gets sore quite often, like a full cramp or ache. Anyone else have this?
