Hi Gemini,

I can understand how you must be terrified of your diagnosis. It's natural for your mind to run away with awful thoughts but you need to take a deep breath and slow down your thoughts for a moment. A Stage 2 diagnosis isn't great but neither does it mean it will definitely spread. Treatment for melanoma is moving forward and showing good results so things are much more optimistic than they once were. Also, Stage 2 patients have a good chance of having no further problem once it's been surgically removed. I know a few Stage 2 patients who are still clear of the disease many years later and have seen their children grow up so it's not as bleak as you are thinking. I have been a Stage 3 melanoma patient for 10 years and I am still here, fit and healthy and with no sign of the disease.

Try to distract yourself until your appointment - you will be told a lot more about what will happen and once you have more information you will feel a little more in control. Going through this while pregnant magnifies the problem much more in your mind but you will get through it. I will send you a friend request - once you accept it I will send you a message with some extra information that I think will be helpful. Good luck on Friday and please let us know how you get on.

Angie