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Hi i have read some of the discussions here and it’s making me more concerned about my partners diagnosis. He has had the mole removed and is waiting for the Sentinel node biopsy, WLE and scans but the pathological staging is PT4b and it’s 4.2mm … is...
Hi, I am 76 and on my 4th melanoma. My wife and family are very supportive but a forum of “ fellow travellers” such as this one is also invaluable. My 3rd melanoma about 7 years ago was an acral inlingusl Stage IIB under a big toenail . Misdiagnosed for...
Hi, i had a mole on my foot removed in august. I got a letter to say i have an appointment at the end of september, i rang up to change the appointment an they said it was considered urgent. I was thinking if its urgent why is it three weeks away...
I was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma after a WLE and SLNB at the end of May 2023. I was advised to commence targeted Treatment as a preventative, started it on 5th of September and on days 2-4 side effects such as painful legs, sharp pains...
Hi i have recently noticed an odd shape mole that actually looks like a love heart. I went back through old pictures and can see that it has drastically changed shape. In photos from 2017 it looks like a normal small round mole then in 2019 just after...
Hi. First time poster. Hope this is in the right section. - feel a bit of a fraud as I've not had any diagnosis as yet! So - being a bloke, I've pretty much ignored sun warnings etc over the years and not really paid much attention to moles etc. I'm...
Hi everyone, I'm new here and would lbe grateful for some advice if anyone has had a similar experience. I had a WLE & a biopsy done at the same time to remove a suspicious lesion almost 7 weeks ago with no results yet. My scar has healed really well...
Hello, I am a woman, 50 years old, with the following issue: On my right cheek there is dark brown patch with a smaller darker patch inside it. This has been there for years but I feel like it is getting darker (and I am getting paler too). The patch...
my melanoma was diagnosed from a mole on my lower right back last year after biopsy . Subsequent surgery followed with sentinel lymph node surgery during which the surgeon identified cancer not in my lymph node but on my chest wall which was operated...
Hello, Just wondering how long people waited for biopsy/shave biopsy results? It's been a week now, and my thinking is if it's anything nasty you'd hear with in the first week, so I'm ready to move on. Too soon?
