Hi,

I'm so sorry that you are going through this & that your mum has her own cancer treatment at the same time. Only you can know whether your mum would want to know about your diagnosis at the moment. Sometimes, in a weird way, sharing a serious health burden can help as you focus more on the other person's progress rather than your own.

I know how terrifying a cancer diagnosis is and at the moment you are still in shock. It will take a few days for your mind to take in more information & to see, as 1234go says, that there are many treatments for melanoma and many patients survive the disease. I was diagnosed Stage 1 in 1996 and then Stage 3 in 2009 - I'm still here fit as a fiddle & with no evidence of disease 12 years later, so it's not as desperate as it was many years ago.

A 1mm thick melanoma is still early stage & hopefully you will have no further problem after the wide local excision (and they may suggest a sentinel lymph node biopsy due it being over .8mm deep). I will send you a friend request so that I can send you more information that may help - it's much better getting information from fellow patients than from Google which is out of date when it comes to statistics and available treatments.

My advice is to first decide whether to tell your mum - talk it out with your lovely husband and siblings and then you can focus on the next step in your treatment. 

Angie

Hi Angie

Thanks so much for your reply.

I decided to tell my parents, which you may have read from a previous reply. It was a relief to be honest. I feel a little better this morning, but still a bit strange. 

Thank you for your friend request, I have accepted. Any support is gratefully received.

It sounds as though you have been through quite a journey and it's reassuring to read about it, thank you for sharing.

Teresa

Hi Angie

Thanks so much for your reply.

I decided to tell my parents, which you may have read from a previous reply. It was a relief to be honest. I feel a little better this morning, but still a bit strange. 

Thank you for your friend request, I have accepted. Any support is gratefully received.

It sounds as though you have been through quite a journey and it's reassuring to read about it, thank you for sharing.

Teresa