Hello Aoifep

I'm sorry to hear that your results showed that the mole recently removed was a melanoma. It's understandable that you may be feeling upset or worried about this news and what the next steps may be. 

I can see that you've posted on a few other threads on the forum about your diagnosis and hopefully some of our members who have personal experience with melanoma will post to share their advice with you. 

In the meantime, we do have some information on our website about melanoma that you may find useful. We also have a team of nurses here at CRUK that you can call to talk with. I'm sure that they will be happy to give any information, advice, and support that they can. If you'd like to chat with them they're available Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm on 0808 800 4040. 

I hope this helps. 

Best wishes, 
Jenn
Cancer Chat moderator 

I was recently diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma and had a WLE and lymph node biopsy.

The WLE is a simple procedure; my children think I have a scar that looks like a tennis racquet in my back :laugh:

I did have problems with the wound healing; particularly at the tightest point of the scar where it opened up on a couple of occasions through sneezing. However the skin on my back, where the mile was first removed, was already tight.

4/5 months later my scar has healed really well and I can say that I am "proud" of it. I mean it's big but it's my way of showing people what I've survived, not that many people know.

I would highly recommend the WLE procedure, if your having doubts, as it's one of the best ways of reducing your risk of further spread of the cancer and it leaves you with a cool scar :wink:

Thanks for replying I am glad to hear you are doing good after your diagnosis,  did your WLE return all clear ? 

Oh I will defo have it they can take as much skin as they like so I can put all this behind me , it's an awful scare to get and I think melenoma is something moat ppl don't know about x

Yes, since the WLE I've had no signs of cancer; that's also after 3 PET and MRI scans as safety nets.

I agree, at the time of the WLE it was all about getting that done, take as much as you want:laugh: You're right I don't think many people know about melanoma, I think most people assume it's something for other countries than the U.K. 

Have they doctors rated your cancer? 

Oh I am thrilled to hear you most be so relieved that you can move on with your life now that youv been given the all clear

My dermatologist told me I was stage 1 as the depth was only 0.6mm so the WLE was a precaution I was crying when she was telling me but she was like its good news out of bad take It , I didn't see it like that at the time x