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Hi , I just wanted to say hi and point you in the direction of the melanoma group, I will give the link below so you can find it more quickly.

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/melanoma/discussions

Just click on it and it will take you to there, there are lots of us there that will understand how you feel. You have only recently had your diagnosis so it’s very natural to let your mind explore the worse case scenarios, and sometimes it’s good to do that so that your for example more careful in the sun, eat healthily, exercise well, do as much as you can to help your own immune system, and find out as much about melanoma checking your skin and lymph nodes and about treatments available if things do spread. 

There will come a time when things become more natural and you will want to congratulate yourself on how well you have kept, physically and mentally, but it’s also very natural to have a wobble. Your stage 1a diagnosis is the best it can be with out being told it was only insitu or not melanoma, however you are right that you have to be vigilant, but for a big percentage of people apart from the follow up checks and the concern of recurrence the melanoma is gone.

It can be annoying if others don’t appreciate how serious melanoma can be and understand how anxious we can feel. I to am a melanoma patient but, unlike you my primary wasn’t found, a suspected hernia was the start of my melanoma story when a biopsy confirmed in 2015 metastatic melanoma in my pelvic and abdominal lymph nodes.

i hope you can find your way through to the positive side of things and to the melanoma group.

see you there.

Hello Louise1585

I can see that you've already received a much more detailed response to your message above.  My journey is different to yours but when I was going through my ordeal last year I found it helped to try and focus on what I was going through at that time and the next step, and not too much about the bigger picture, but I do appreciate that it is easier said than done.  Like you, I am very moley and worried myself silly about these whilst I was going through treatment.  I used to spend ages scrutinising my skin and driving myself mad.  After I was through my treatment, I got my moles checked out (for peace of mind) and all was ok.  Maybe get your moles checked out after your surgery just to give yourself added peace of mind.

Wishing you the very best of luck.

Rebecca xx