Hi Cazz,

It's good that you now feel able to talk to others about your diagnosis and learn more about it. You say that your appointments are telephone ones. Are you receiving any treatment?

Angie (melanoma patient)

Hi Cazz,

It's good that you now feel able to talk to others about your diagnosis and learn more about it. You say that your appointments are telephone ones. Are you receiving any treatment?

Angie (melanoma patient)

Hi Angie

many thanks for replying. It's very much appreciated. 
yes I started on target therapy in September last year. I go to my local hospital every 4 weeks and have my bloods, weight, BP taken and then later that day I have a telephone appointment to check how I am and whether I have had any issues with my meds. They then issue my next 4 week prescription. 
From the start in April last year I have had 2 on site appointments (both with my consultant). The initial contact with my GP, dermatologist and plastic surgeon were all telephone appointments and I was given results etc on a telephone call. The last one was 3 days before I was having an operation to remove a lymph node in my groin to advise that they wouldn't be doing the op because the latest scan was showing that the melanoma had spread and so I needed to start treatment instead. 
I then had an appointment with the consultant to go through starting treatment. Can't remember much from this because I was too uptight. 
I had my 2nd appointment recently with the consultant to discuss changing my treatment to immunotherapy 

The target therapy treatment has been great and I have been very fortunate not to have any side effects. Initial results have been fine but the lymph node in my groin has suddenly come up. This was a few days after my COVID jab so I thought it may be to do with that. The consultant has decided to give it another 6 weeks and will then scan again to see what is happening. 

apologies. I know my reply is a bit long winded. I've even cut it down a lot !!  
 

kind regards 

caz