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Early diagnosis for my dad

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My boss recommended this support site for me as I'm having a hard time with my dad's diagnosis (I'm 31 and he's 57). For years he's had things removed from his scalp, but this year the doctor realized it wasn't good and tested it. They ...

CassG Category Skin 16d

Canadian Support for Skin Cancer

I don't know if this has been posted here before but there is an amazing group called Save Your Skin Foundation https://saveyourskin.ca/ They offer support and information about all kinds of things including the most up to date ...

IamJay Category Skin Jul '22

Nodular Melanoma/Ridiculous wait times

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My husband has nodular melanoma diagnosed April 4/22. The doctor told him they would do a WLE and Sentinal Node within a week or two. It didn't happen until May 18/22. He has cancer in two of four lymph nodes. We are now 5 weeks past that date ...

Sisu67 Category Skin Jun '22

Is stage 4 skin cancer curable or only treatable?

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My 60 y/o father in law was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in December 2020. Since then he has tried several different types of treatment such as immunotherapy, targeted radiation and oral chemo. My husband doesn’t talk to his parents ...

Jessiesgrl Category Skin May '22

UPF 50+ Sun Protection Clothing

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Hi Everyone, My son suffers from stage 4 melanoma which has metastasized in his lungs. He works all day every day outdoors. He needs clothing that will cover him from head to toe. We would like to buy good quality clothing and would really ...

WendyE Category Skin May '22

Anyone else experience this post radiation- 7 months

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I still have side effects from the radiation to my eye. Oddly enough the worst reaction I had during my radiation was in my mouth mucositis loss of taste, trouble eating and swallowing etc. normal I think. Some days I find my taste varies ...

shadowkins Category Skin Apr '22

Stage 1A Melanoma at 31yrs

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Hi, First post here…. I was first diagnosed in 2015 when I was 24. I had one mole removed that was Stage 1A Melanoma. I didn’t ever think it would happen again but a month ago I had 2 more removed and they were both also Stage 1A. I was told it’s ...

DMacK Category Skin Apr '22

feeling discouraged.....

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I was diagnosed with an invasive malignant melanoma stage pT2b (1.8mm) in January 2022. I recently had surgery for a wide local excision and a sentinel node biopsy. Fortunately, the results came back negative for residual melanoma ...

SML Category Skin Mar '22

untreated non-melanoma skin cancer - large wound ...

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This site was super helpful to me when I had breast cancer 2 years ago so now I come back to it for a question as a caregiver. My mother has a very large (2in diameter at least) non-melanoma (I think it is a basal cell carcinoma) on her head. It ...

mc2 Category Skin Mar '22

2nd scan

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Got the results of my 2nd scan ( merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid ) and all is still stable…I am so relieved. The next scan is in July so I have 3 to 3.5 months of no worrying, I usually start tormenting myself a few weeks before the scan. ...

shadowkins Category Skin Mar '22

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