Wide Local Excision - Malignant Melanoma

Hi, I had WLE over 4 weeks ago on my calf muscle and am still unable to put any weight on that leg or walk on it. I am still uses crutches and although I no longer have any pain in my muscle, my wound has still not healed and is still bleeding slightly. It did pop open two weeks after surgery so this may be why it is taking so long time to heal. I am dressing the wound and do visit my doctors weekly for them to check it and they have said it is healing but very very slowly. The good news is I have been given the all clear following WLE, which is great. However I wondered if anyone else had had WLE on their calf muscle and if so how long to recover and walk on that leg again? Thank you. 

  • Hi Barca,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. It's great to hear that you were given the all clear.

    My reply here will boost your post so more people will see it and if anyone has similar experience to share then hopefully they'll be along soon.

    Do of course discuss this with your doctor soon - expected recovery time and if there is any more you can be doing to help with this.

    Wishing you all the best and I hope it improves soon for you,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Thanks Ben - will do, I am not the patient sit around type of person, so am feeling very frustrated, it's just as well we are in lock down 2 and I can't go anywhere ️