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Hi everyone. A couple of days ago I had a surgical excision of a suspicious mole on my lower abdomen and the anxiety of waiting for the results back is killing me. I’m really unsure how likely it is that the mole will have been cancerous. I’m only 17...
Hi I’m looking for some experience of of these tablets and the timings of how you took it and what made you choose that way round and what side effects if any you’ve had. I know every one is different and that we can choose our own times just looking...
Hello, apologies if this isn’t the correct sub thread to post this, but thank you for reading. I feel I have a 2 pronged issue that I’m not sure if they are related… I have seen the GP today and he’s referred me on a 2ww to get a couple of suspicious...
Hi My lovely husband (53) went to the doctors in Dec about a mole on his hand which seemed to be getting darker. Doc referred him to hospital and they removed the mole there and then. Last week was his follow up with a cancer nurse specialist who advised...
Hello everyone, I was recently diagnosed as having had stage 1 melanoma. This was a shock to my system when I was given this news. I am grateful that it was caught in its early stages and I am now waiting to have a WLE done. However I am still trying...
Hi all. Not been on here for quite a while. Hope everyone is doing ok. Just a couple of things on a letter I received on Saturday from the Cristie in Manchester that mean nothing to me. It was quite a long letter to my docs from the Christie after...
Its not easy…. 2 years ago my husband 53 noticed a mole on his head got painful and double in size while he took a shower. Immediately he booked a doctors appointment. The doctor suggested a biopsy…. I knew something was wrong as my husband did not behave...
Hi has anyone experienced a slight cough on dabrafenib and trametinib. It does state to tell your doctor but not contact hospital so I guess that means to tell at next appointment which is next Thursday. It does say its very common its not all the time...
Hi I haven’t posted for quite sometime…had a diagnosis staged at 3B in 2021 followed by WLE/SLNB and a year of Pembro immunotherapy treatment which finished in Dec 2022…scans all clear up until most recent US scan which showed unusual lymph node….biopsy...
My husband had a consultants review 5 years after starting his melanoma stage 4 treatment ( Ipilimumab / Nivolumab only 4 treatments due to side effects) She said he was officially CURED We are obviously thrilled and a bit stunned. I am sending...
