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Hi all, i am a 39yo female 8/11/2023: I was diagnosed with melanoma 2A on left back ankle over the telephone, as I panicked when the appointments team called me. This is after I went a private dermatologist to get it checked, as I felt compelled to...
Please can someone advise if they are in a similar situation to me? Sorry in advance for the long post! My Dad has stage 4 melanoma. He was originally diagnosed in last year when the cancer had come back in his liver and stomach (he had stage 3 cancer...
Hi all, like everyone else, I have been freaking out after my news of 2A melanoma on the back of my left ankle. I feel like I suddenly changed as a person, I’ve ‘lost interest’ in the future, ans currently on standstill in a way. I’m sure others have...
Hi all, I had a mole (more of a smudge) removed just over three weeks ago and was called in to the hospital this week to discuss the results where it was confirmed it was a Stage 1A melanoma. They said its all been removed into the original excision...
I read this recently and it made me think, so I thought I would pass it on. Imagine you are given £86400 a day for the rest of your life, but there are certain conditions with it. You can't save any of the money for another day, you can't give it away...
Hi, I have WLE & SLNB booked for next week. Diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma, 2.7mm breslow but no sign of lymph node invasion and not ulcerated according to my consultant. what was everyone’s experience after surgery, recovery time? Pain? time off work...
Hello everyone. I have previously commented on a couple of posts but not introduced myself. I am stage 3c melanoma. I was misdiagnosed by my doctor and not referred 3 times for a changing mole before i insisted it was removed. I have had a WLE and skin...
Hi my consultant where i had surgery done said I qualify for adjuvant treatment. The nurse said it would be drugs or iv. But I just wondered if it means it could be adjuvant radiotherapy because I've been sent to London free hospital. Harlow hospital...
Hi all this is sue 58,not been on for a while, still having operations on my right shin, where I have my unrepeatable stage lll melanoma with multiple in transit metastases. So far this year I have had six operations since August 2022,my last one was...
Hi I had my WLE & SLNB in December, SLNB was Clear, unfortunately they found a new melanoma within my WLE, surgeon has recommended I have another WLE but will require a skin graft this time, does anyone have any advice or experience they can share...
