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Hello I'm new here, I just wanted to share with others who have a partner who has had a melanoma cat 1b diagnoses. I check my partner once a month but am so worried I'll miss something as there are thousands of moles to check. Jules
I’ve had a BCC on my left ear, a BCC on my back, a melanoma 1B on my right arm, now I’ve found a marked skin change on my neck that looks very much like modular melanoma. I rang the skin cancer team and they checked the photos and I have an emergency...
Hi all, I recently got the results back from an excision I had done at the start of the year. It came back as stage 1B melanoma, Breslow depth of 1.0mm, no ulceration, no lymphovascular invasion, mitotic rate of 1/mm. I’ve read the NICE guidelines that...
I have my WLE procedure tomorrow and naturally I’m feeling a little nervous! It’ll be done under local anaesthetic. Can anyone tell me what to expect on the day, roughly how long the procedure takes and how long their recovery took?
New to group stage 1 just had my WLE today so feel relieved, especially as got another 4 moles checked out but also anxious at same time-until get results back, which I feel bad as know I’m so lucky . After initial diagnosis I was very anxious with heart...
Hi all I was diagnosed in February with melanoma and had SNLB and WLE in April. Unfortunately it was found in my lymph nodes. Had my scan yesterday and have appointments on 30th May with Dermatology and 21st June with Oncology. This seems a long wait...
I'm new to this, I got a wife and a kid on the way. I've been letting my melanoma eat me up since I was 19, I'm turning 26 in July. Dark spots have spread, my lymphatic system hurts, I'm tired, I can't eat really anything. Now I have something to live...
Hi I had WLE and SLNB in groin on 12th February. Had some swelling in groin after and area is still numb which apparently is all normal but area is still swollen and just above my knee is swollen and has changed colour. It’s like a bruise that hasn’t...
I have just had the doctor phone with the results of my pet scan and they think the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes under my arm so want to remove them when they do the wide excision. I have an outpatient appointment tomorrow with the surgeon to...
Hi Just wanted to say hello to everyone after reading about things on here to help and answer questions that I had
