Hello!
It's my first time posting in this forum! I'm 36 and was diagnosed with 1A melanoma (0.5mm) a year ago, followed by another in-situ a couple of months later. Almost a year later, I finally get into the groove of not thinking too much about the diagnosis, when this morning I noticed a pea sized lump in my arm pit (same side as the 1a melanoma). It's tender to touch, and I can feel it more when my arm is raised. I haven't had any recent illnesses so of course fearing the worst! My (fantastic) consultant suggested waiting 1-2 weeks in case it's an inflamed hair follicle (he has said the risk of 1A spreading is negligible?). Has anyone had experience of a lymph node spread from a stage 1A? The small lump is in the centre of the arm pit, and my 1A was on my abdomen so I'd have thought any melanoma cells would hit a lymph node further down in the arm pit first? Perhaps that's not a thing, I don't know.
Any advice or experience, I'd love to hear from you!
