4th Melanoma found after skin check
Hi everyone, so pre my bc journey I have had 3 melanoma. I had my first melanoma at 38, 2nd one at 39 and 3rd at 49. These were caught reasonably early so no further treatment but pretty big scars. I ...
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Congratulations @Keeping_positive1 on your 5 year mark. You sure had a ride there but sounds like you are doing ok even if there are things that are still hard to move on from.
But melanoma and bc, in fact all cancers are very serious business. When I left school I did nursing. I nursed for 10 years before a career change that went on for 32 yrs. So I while my nursing knowledge is a bit old it also is a bit of a curse because I know things, lots of things and sometimes that makes it very hard to be a patient and more stressful.
@arpie what a laugh. You certainly cheered me up with your fxxking club idea.
The dermatologist phoned me last night after he finished surgery. He received a message from the nurse I phoned back asking for earlier surgery.
Long story it seems I went through all that fxxking stress for no reason as the nurse got it wrong!!!!
I still need more out but it isn't as bad as I thought. Seems that the margin on one side of the 7cm scar is only 1.5mm -hairline but what i need is 5mm to be safe, especially since this melanoma was close to lymph near right underarm (same side as bc) .
The dr explained that the nurse should have told me this detail so I wouldn't have worried. It isn't much of a margin but the cancer cells are gone. He apologised profusely. He said because clinically it was a clear 1.5mm margin he didn't want to re-tramatise the bicep until I healed. He said if there had been a single melanoma cancer left left i would have been in surgery next week.
I see him next week and will be providing alot of fxxking feedback to him about his staff's communication with patients who have had 5 primary cancers like me or actually any cancers.
But melanoma and bc, in fact all cancers are very serious business. When I left school I did nursing. I nursed for 10 years before a career change that went on for 32 yrs. So I while my nursing knowledge is a bit old it also is a bit of a curse because I know things, lots of things and sometimes that makes it very hard to be a patient and more stressful.
@arpie what a laugh. You certainly cheered me up with your fxxking club idea.
The dermatologist phoned me last night after he finished surgery. He received a message from the nurse I phoned back asking for earlier surgery.
Long story it seems I went through all that fxxking stress for no reason as the nurse got it wrong!!!!
I still need more out but it isn't as bad as I thought. Seems that the margin on one side of the 7cm scar is only 1.5mm -hairline but what i need is 5mm to be safe, especially since this melanoma was close to lymph near right underarm (same side as bc) .
The dr explained that the nurse should have told me this detail so I wouldn't have worried. It isn't much of a margin but the cancer cells are gone. He apologised profusely. He said because clinically it was a clear 1.5mm margin he didn't want to re-tramatise the bicep until I healed. He said if there had been a single melanoma cancer left left i would have been in surgery next week.
I see him next week and will be providing alot of fxxking feedback to him about his staff's communication with patients who have had 5 primary cancers like me or actually any cancers.