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I am due to start immunotherapy in a few weeks but as they find it very difficult to get a cannula in me so much so when I had my surgery they had to use the gas to put me to sleep I am going to have a Picc line fitted. Has anyone else had one and what...
Hi all, been fighting melanoma since 2017. Had targeted therapy for 1 year it didn’t work(can’t remember the drugs) I’ve just done 17 month's of immunotherapy and was told the other day it’s stopped working also. Was told now going on targeted therapy...
Hello, I'm new here and was recently diagnosed with nodular melanoma on the back of my arm. A small growth appeared overnight and seemed to just sit there and stay the same. It took me four months to get it checked out. I had 1.9 mm breslow, mitosis 6...
Hello, does anyone have any experience of T-VEC injections? Did they work for you? I would be particular interested to hear about any side effects. (I’m not sure that I’m going to be eligible, but am running out of treatment options.) Thanks
Hi I had a spot on my cheek which when I popped it bled and turned to a scab which a lot of spots I get have been doing. It took about 6-7 weeks for this scab to go and fade. About 1 week later it re appeared as a dark scaly patch on my skin and increased...
Just like to share some positive news to help anyone struggling . Diagnosed around Xmas stage 4 melanoma. In armpit and neck lymph nodes and had spread to lung. Just finished the 4th double immunatherapy dose of ipoli/nivol, then next week start 4 weekly...
Hi all Waiting on my excision biopsy results, 6 weeks today and counting. Doctors were not sure, irritated seborrhoeic keratosis or hyperpigmented melenoma (almentoic melenoma). Over the last couple of weeks the skin around the excision has changed...
I’ve had 4 sessions of iPi & nivo combo immunotherapy which hasn’t worked my oncologist is not recommending continuing maintenance nivo i’m braf negative so targeted therapy isn’t an aption either he says a trial is the onty available option at present...
Hi everyone.I had a recent dermatologist appointment after having a skin lesion for around 5 years. I have had 2 GP,s and a further 3 dermatologist appointments saying nothing to worry about. However recent dermatologist appointment said biopsy was needed...
I have felt inspired by the stories I've read on here. I'm not panicking overly about the results of the excisonal biopsy, I just want to know one way or the other if that makes any sense . I've had a mole from being younger, on my left shoulder that...
