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Hi all, I'm 26 and female. I've got quite a few moles and I've always been reasonably careful with remembering to use sunlotion. When I was a young teen I was obsessed with being out in the sun and "working on my tan" its only been the last several years...
Its coming 3 years since I had a mole removed and found out it was a nodular melanoma 1B. And even now I don't feel I have dealt with this news, as from being told to now, I have gone from trying to be strong for everyone else to it's too late now everyone...
Hi I had a full thickness graft (FTSG) 9 years ago which healed very successfully. Melanoma recurred at the edge of the original graft 4 years ago which was removed with a regular WLE .. no graft. Melanoma has now recurred again at the opposite edge...
Hi all. Just wondering what people say after a melanoma is removed… so you say “I had cancer”, “I’m recovering from..”, “I’m getting treated for…”. I had a stage 1B removed a few weeks ago and waiting for WLE. many thanks.
I was diagnosed in February with nodule melanoma and then after ct scan showed enlarged lymph nodes had them biopsy using ultrasound. This was on the 15 th of march. I was told the results would take about 2 weeks but maybe a bit longer because of the...
Got my diagnosis of Stage 1B on Thursday and told I need SLNB and WLE on my ankle. Just looking for info and experience from anyone who's had surgery in similar place? Mine is just above where I wear shoes so I'm not sure how that will be affected and...
Hi everyone, I wasn't aware of this forum until I looked for support and information following a melanoma recurrence. Reading your posts and good news stories has been incredibly helpful at a difficult time - thank you. I am now stage IV and await results...
I have been diagnosed with an aggressive melanoma. Started as a lump on my calf which was excised with quite a large margin and a skin graft applied. All was healing well until about 4 weeks ago the area around the graft bavâmes raised with small pimple...
Hi folks, I'm Cymon and new to the group. I had a small spot appear on my forearm about 8 months ago, this grew to a what looked like a blood blister, it would bleed occasionally and turned ugly in January. It wasn't going away so I went to the doctor...
Hi, I had a stage 1b melanoma removed from my calf last year (June-August for main treatment). In the last week I've noticed 2 raised bumps appear very close to the WLE scar - and they look very similar to the original lesion I had that evolved into...
