Hello there and thanks for posting,

I am sorry to learn about your husband situation and can appreciate you having some questions.

An ulcerating melanoma means that the skin on top of the melanoma has started to break down. When a melanoma starts ulcerating they have a greater risk of spreading and therefore often a belts and braces approach as you mention is carried out to minimise this risk.

The important thing is that the team are being very thorough and are carrying out the ultrasound followed by a Wide Local Excision ( WLE) and Sentinel Node Biopsy (SLN) to give the best possible outcome for your husband.

I hope your husband gets some dates through soon but do still remember that a stage 1b melanoma is still very early stage, so hopefully the treatment he gets will be successful and gives a good outlook.

Do get back if you need to or have other questions. You are also very welcome to call the nurse helpline on 0808 800 4040 weekdays 9-5 if you would like to.

Best wishes,

Naomi

Hi there

Thank you for replying, we have the date for the ultrasound and FNB of the groin 17th May followed by the appointment with the Plastic Surgeon on 23rd May. I'm not sure the results of the ultrasound will be available by then.

I realised my husband has not been offered any blood tests or anything. Would that be typical or should we expect some basic bloods being requested?

Many thanks