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Hi all I have stage 4 melanoma, I have at least 10 lumps I can feel plus it's in my lungs and in my Peritoneum at last scan. I have just had my 2nd ipi nevo infusions, I am also part a clinical trial. The part I'm really struggling with is all the...
Hi, I was wondering if there might be a way that I can see who in the forum decided against having a SLNB when having a WLE? I’m going through the process of making my own decision at the moment and I think it would help to know how others felt about...
Hi everyone, I recently found out I have a stage 1b melanoma in my arm. I have been offered a SLNB and I’m feeling very confused and sick about what to do. I’m in the gray area where my 7% chance of spread to nearby lymph nodes is low but above the 5...
I’ve only been taking these for a few weeks so far and have been a bit up and down, mostly with tiredness, aches and occasional nausea, which I expected as I know it’ll be good days and bad. One thing that I didn’t expect was to develop large red blotches...
Just wanted to say hi as I’ve been lurking for a few weeks! Posting to see if anyone is at a similar stage or has a similar experience to mine so far! I am 45 and noticed a new mole on my arm last year and only mentioned to my doctor when I went about...
My husband was diagnosed with melanoma cancer of the stomach in September of this year with no prospect of living more than a few months . He's just wasting away in front of me daily it's so difficult watching this hubby of my suffer he's changed so...
Following the removal of something that was not a mole I have been diagnosed with a Spindle Cell Melanoma. I've been told I'm going to have an WLE and lymph node removal. I was led to think this would be soon, but reading on her it looks like months?...
Hi all, I have a history of malignant melanoma (2021 -stage 1a), I now have a clear mole where a brown normal mole was and a new clear mole about 5mm away from it. The last dodgy mole I had was classic symptoms, change in colour and ragged edges so...
Hi there, I'm new here, iv recently had an operation on my left calf area because melanoma was found there, they cut deep into the area so I had to have a skin graft, still healing now. I had my test results back from the area and my lymph nodes also...
Hi all, this is my first post which feels like a huge step in itself! So a little backstory- I'm still waiting (5 weeks post excision) for biopsy results on a mole than changed completely; colour, size, shape, started peeling etc I've lost a massive...
