Hello all. I have been reading posts on this form for a day or two and have noticed how supportive it is. With that in mind I thought I would post for the first time. My husband had a suspicious mole removed a month ago. We were called to the hospital for results and attended today. Melanoma was diagnosed. I think we expected it but it was still a shock really. I swing from optimism to being terrified to be honest. The nurse who gave the news and discussed the next steps was lovely. The melanoma is measuring at 1.02mm on the Breslow scale which appears to be very very minimally over the 1mm cut off for offer of SLNB. Am I thinking right in saying that or is .02 significant using this system? The nurse was indicating that it was positive that it appeared so so marginally over the 1mm threshold stating that at 1mm the biopsy wouldn’t be offered. This felt a great comfort at he time. Is that right or am I being overly optimistic? I guess I am just so worried about understanding prognosis and how the Breslow relates to this. Husband is being referred to Tertiary centre and due to be discussed at MDT on Monday. Sorry for a long post. It’s just so new and overwhelming atm. Many thanks for any response:)
