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Hi everyone, My partner has been diagnosed with stage 1b Melanoma. He first saw the GP nearly 6 months ago. The appointment with the dermatologist was booked in very quickly and the mole removed however the results of the biopsy took nearly 14 weeks...
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Hi everyone I hope it’s ok if I post here. Im a 30 year old male in the U.K. I also have health anxiety. I work as a Healthcare Professional at a large teaching hospital I have used sunbeds quite a bit over the year; for the last 10 years or so...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed September and had a wide local excision last week and a skin graft. This is my 2nd one to the same area. Currently the wide local excision is so deep I could fit a tennis ball in it. It’s on my left calf. Does anyone have...
Hi, just checking in as an older newbie.:) After excision of atypical mole on left lower side of my left leg mid-Sept was given diagnosis of melanoma stage 2A at follow up appt with Senior Nurse Practitioner, mid Oct. Next step is Wider Local Excision...
Hi All, Can anyone share diet advice and essential vitamins for melanoma care please? I would be good to get some basic practical advice to fight this thing both in the short term and long term I’ve already made the commitment to stay away from...
Hi I've been on a 2 week wait for a suspicious lesion, looks like a blood blister but isn't its rock hard and growing, teledermatology was looked at by a consultant dermatologist and stated I needed a face to face appt, I was called yesterday for an appt...
Hello All, If you had diarrhoea from Nivo (or Ipi + Nivo), did it stop or did it continue for the 2 years treatment with Nivo? I'm wondering if I'll be able to go back to work in a month or not. (I'd love to go back. Even part-time.)I've got Grade IV...
Hi all Been reading through posts,it's scary how many of us were left far too late before getting seen . I had over 12 months being told my mole was nothing to worry about,prescribed potions and lotions. Eventually got a referral to dermatology...
Good afternoon all. My letter came back yesterday saying I had a pT3a. I have an appointment for the plastic surgeon on the 9th November 23. If it hasn't already spread to the lymph nodes which I think it possibly has, won't an extra month give...
