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I have been offered immunotherapy which I am to start shortly. I consider myself to be fortunate to be given a chance to fight this horrible illness. Are there any tips to help me going forward? It’s good to have support like this. Nando
Hi Everyone! So upset and worried about everything, I’ve recently been diagnosed with stage 1b melanoma, having SLNB soon but no date and just don’t know where my head is. My husband and I only just bought our house this year and took out life insurance...
Hi all just thought I’d join this but some comments are along time ago … I’ve been diagnosed with stage II I believe but still having ongoing tests .
Hi everyone. I'm new to the forums. I posted in the general forum too but I'll talk a bit more here. I'm a 25 year old uni student, just going into my first proper year after foundation year. I have health complications already: hypermobility, asthma...
Hello I have very recently been diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma after finding a lump in my armpit in early August. After going referred to the breast clinic and having biopsy’s I was told it was stage 3 melanoma. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I...
Hi All I went to see dermatologist who removed a suspected melanoma - I was advised it was a “superficial spreading melanoma Its invasive component was at 6mm and its TNM is pT1a. Margins were positive with positive margin of its peripheral transverse...
Hi my name is Rob, this is my first time posting on here. I was diagnosed with melanoma on my lower back in July since then I've had wle a ct scan and 2 biopsies on groin lymph nodes second one was 4 weeks ago and waiting on results for that just now...
Hi everyone, I had a mole removed in Feb 2023, turned out to be malignant, had section taken out July 2023 and SLNB found evidence of spread to lymph node. Went on monthly adjutant Nivo, all scans clear. Felt like i was in a reasonably good place. Noticed...
I am Richard T I joined the community today and this is my first post.I am feeling good and very positive about the future I have a 4.5mm invasive nodular malignant melanoma with ulceration and mitoses stage 2c diagnosed in May 24 Started Pembro...
Good evening was wondering if anyone has had local reoccurrence and what it looked like. Thanks for reading
