Great advice, GrannyRose.  I actually joined Zoe Nutrition 2 years ago, and have changed a lot of things about the way I eat.  Radically cut down on Ultra Processed Foods, loads more fibre, and I eat many more nuts, seeds and plant-based meals, although I still eat fish and meat, just not as often. Also lots of fermented foods to help the gut.  Hopefully that has put me in a good place health-wise, although Christmas is always difficult to navigate healthily!

Thanks also for the website references.  I'll definitely have a good look at those.

Caroline ️

Hi Caroline,

In the top right corner of your screen you will see a bell icon. That should have a number against it to tell you that there is a notification waiting for you. Click on the bell & you can open the request & click to accept it.

Sorry, Angie, I can’t see a bell icon on my screen. I’m not ignoring your request, but I’ll keep trying.  

Right, I’ve found the bell icon in the drop-down menu, but it says there are no notifications, so maybe it takes a while to filter through.  

Hit "view all" as it sometimes seems to mark things as read when you've only accidentally hovered over it.

Tried that and it’s just bringing me back to this thread.

Unfortunately, I’m  getting nowhere trying to find your request to me, so I’ve tried to reverse the process by sending a friend request to you. Let’s hope that works!

No worries, I've accepted your request & sent you a message x

Hi Grannyrose.  Lovely to hear from you.

Sorry to hear that you’re still having trouble with your leg even after all this time. I hope that the compression shorts work.  It can’t be much fun having Lymphoedema for so long.  

My surgery went very well. The scars on my right arm where the melanoma was and the SLNB scar  are both healing well.  They felt very tender for quite a few weeks but I’ve got a lot of mobility back in my arm now and have just started going back to Pilates classes.  I have found that over the weeks,  because of not moving as much, my shoulders and back have become quite stiff.

The left leg, where I had a dysplastic naevus Is another story altogether. Although this was also a WLE, it was nothing like as deep as the one on my arm. However, because it’s just above my knee and in such a stretchy place, the stitches gave way after two weeks. I ended up in the local minor injuries unit, where they patched it up with Steri-Strips, and since then I’ve been under the care of the local District Nurses, who immediately removed the strips and insisted that I let it heal itself.    Between us, we’ve tried all sorts of remedies, dressings and ointments, but it’s not healing much and it’s basically still an open wound.  

Still, the good news is that I saw the consultant 10 days ago, and there is no evidence of spread in either the melanoma site or the 3 lymph nodes they removed.  I know that I can’t afford to relax completely, and that I still have to be really vigilant , but I was so relieved to hear her saying those words.  Putting up with my leg is a minor inconvenience in comparison!

Thanks once again for getting in touch and the best of luck with your own treatment.