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Hello all. My brother is currently battling stage 4 melanoma with bone mets. He has had small shrinkage and lots of weight loss. His oncologist said he cannot lose anymore weight, he needs to be a certain weight/bmi to continue immunotherapy, Does anybody...
Hi all! Hope it's okay to post here since my mole biopsies were related to suspected melanoma (yet to get results). Had toe punch biopsy on one foot and a thigh mole biopsy on the opposite leg a week ago. I'm still hobbling slightly but that's mainly...
For everyone struggling with this dreadful illness I want to share my good news to show you all that there is hope & encourage you all to keep fighting after 7 months & 12 treatments of immunotherapy 4 ipi & nivo 8 nivo I am now in full remission...
JCY64. I’m new to the group I had Stage 2C melanoma and a melanoma in situ diagnosed in December 2024. I had WLE and sentinel lobe biopsies in February 2025 and started immunotherapy in March 2025. So far so good
Hi, I actually can't believe I'm writing this, and I'm struggling with anxiety and accepting the diagnosis. I had a mole appear about 5 years ago that I went straight to my GP about who said it was all fine. I left it longer when it changed as I thought...
Im 28 years old and 4months post partum. During the last trimester of my pregnancy I noticed a hard lump in my groin- I wasnt too worried and just thought it was one of the weird and wonderful pregnancy symptoms and it would disappear after birth. I attended...
Hi everyone this is my first post on here. I was diagnosed with a stage2 melanoma and have since had 1 dose out of 4 of the combo drugs, then moving on to biweekly/monthly Nivolumab. I’ve had really awful itchy skin all over and a terrible red spotty...
Been given diagnosis of Stage 1A melanoma and am booked in for WLE on the 1st May. My question is - what’s the possibility that staging is revised after WLE and biopsy of that tissue? My understanding is that this is a belt and braces approach and...
Hi, My melanoma has spread pretty much all over and have been on ipilimumab/Nivolumab combo fir 3 rounds of treatment, so far working quite well but continued rash has meant I can't have final round and now on steroids to control the rash. Has anyone...
Hi everyone! I am 34 years old and recently diagnosed stage 1b melanoma after removal of a mole on my leg. I had a WLE & SLNB 3 weeks ago yesterday & called the hospital yesterday to see how long my results would take as hadn’t heard anything. She...
