subungual melanoma

hi my names stacey i am new to the site, 

 

past few years my GP been sending me home with anti fungal medication for my sore toes.

last year a mole fell off and left my skin a horrible patch

my thumb nail and others started "pealing" cracking in half, many small issues i thought were due to having fake nails too much. i stopped having shellac and started noticing a black line growing up, 

after time the big toe was painful i couldn't walk and the black line was from tip to cuticles.

the thumb on the right had. 

i am now waiting to have a biopsy have you been in this situation? have you any advice? 

did anyone ever not have cancer like bob marley off the background of a black line? 

 

reaching out to see if i can get any information, i panic a bit when the pain is sore like today. 

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  • Hi Stacey,

    I haven't had subungal melanoma (mine is on the skin), but I know there have been several posts recently on the same subject. If you go to 'Search Forum' at the top of the page & enter Subungal it should find you any recent posts.

    Can I add that, subungal melanoma is rare - it only accounts for 1% of melanoma diagnoses, so there is a very good chance that your nail problem is caused by something more treatable.

    Good luck and please let us know how you get on,

    Angie (melanoma patient)

  • Hi everything else has been tested for. 
     

    I have a biopsy of the nail bed to get next, fingers crossed all will be good. Even at the worst outcome I will remain positive. I've had brain surgery too in 2016 benign tumour colloid cyst another rare one. 
     

    thanks for your response

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