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Hello from Texas. I’ve been a follower, but this is my first post. I was diagnosed with Acral letiginous melanoma in April 2022. I had an injury on ball of foot that I could not heal. I’m a Nurse, so I know how to care for wounds. It eventually ulcerated...
I was recently diagnosed with melanoma stage 1b Breslow thickness 1mm and non ulcerated. I have my initial appointment with the plastic surgeon next week where I believe I will be asked to consent to the SLNB. When I only had the above information...
Hi everyone, Not great circumstances to meet but I'm grateful these forums exist for help and support. My husband has recently been diagnosed with stage 1b Malignant Melanoma Breslow thickness 1mm. He will be having a WLE in March and has been offered...
Hello, I've been on here on and of since my diagnosis is January 24, so much is going on in my head at the moment I was diagnosed with melanoma and told I needed a wider excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy, operation been cancelled twice, once due...
Hi i have recently been diagnosed with a stage 1a melanoma in my lower leg just above the ankle. The excision biopsy had clear margins and the depth was 1mm. My next stage would be a WLE 1cm with a skin graft due to the location of the melanoma. As...
I'm a new member here and i just thought I'd say hello. Not knowing much about skin cancer until now, I had a large mole (13mm) that I put off seeing the doctor about for far too long. I never really noticed the change in it, but with my partner and a...
Hi all I feel like a moan, got diagnosed with melanoma stage 1 in 2017. Then with stage 3 2021 went through one year of targeted therapy. Then in 2023 it went to stage 4, I’m a year into a two year plan of immunotherapy. My latest scan should the lymph...
Hi I got my results from WLE and SLNB yesterday and the WLE had no trace of disease but two lymph node’s have disease, I’m having a CT Brain next week and waiting for a PET scan. I am now sick with worry AGAIN this is never ending . I’m now Stage 3 x
So loads of meetings /appointment ..had my op on April 9th , all lymph noes groin ur plus toe off Acral Melanoma stage 3c ...I am eager to just start immunotherapy though just appt for June 18th..is it usually 2 months post op ?
Hi all just after some advice my SLNB was positive what should I expect next? I keep reading that some people have all of their lymph nodes removed. The SLNB was in my groin. I have had a CT so waiting the results from that too. Thanks
