| Re: Melanoma
Hi Sara,
I'm new to this too, but I can share what has happened so far with me. Everything seems to have happened so fast. On a visit to my doctor the end of February because I was feeling tired I asked him to have a look at some moles on my back. Only one of them looked suspicious to him and he did a punch biopsy. That came back cancerous and in less than 2 weeks I was in our local surgeons office having the entire area removed. That came back stage 3 melanoma. I don't remember the depth, a good reason you should always take someone with you when you go to the dr. The cancer had spread to the surrounding tissue. They did not do a CT scan on me but they did do x-rays of my lungs and blood work. My doctor said he felt sure it had not spread to my blood or anywhere else, other than possibly my lymph nodes, still waiting on that biopsy to come back.
From everything I've been reading on Melanoma, and that's been quit a bit, removing the area is the best course. Especially at a stage 2. I think I would listen to the surgeon and have the entire area removed.
I hope all goes well for you, I do know how scarry this is.
Kathy
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