Hi there Dawn and thanks for posting

I am sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis and appreciate this is a worrying and uncertain time for you.

Hopefully your scan results will be in soon so you know more about your situation.

Every cancer behaves differently and it is difficult to predict how a cancer will grow or spread. Cancer cells will often first travel to local lymph nodes before travelling through the lymphatic system to other parts of the body.

There are treatments available for melanoma patients, even at later stages that aims to treat and control the cancer for as long as possible. I am sure the doctors looking after you will be wanting to give you the best possible outcome they can.

Times like this can be challenging and the mind can go into overdrive but try and take things one step at a time for now.

Wishing you all the best

Take care

Naomi