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- December 17, 2014 at 4:08 am
Hey everyone
I've posted on here anot being diagnosed with melanoma about 2 months ago… I'm 22 and it wasn't even stage 0 yet which is great but I do have some questions?
now so far I have had 4 atypical moles removed one severe 2 mildly and 1 moderate. Now I know I have a greater risk of developing another melanoma which scares me… And now I think all my miles are weird hahha and I've kinda become obsessed with them
Now some questions I have
how likely is it that if I'm going to regular check ups that the doctor will miss something and I'll get a higher stage melanoma?
now I have read people get melanoma removed and they are okay and it comes back and then they have stage 4 melanoma .. How does that happen? Is it doctors fault ?
And and last question is they removed my melanoma with surgery .. I got local anesthetic and she went in with some small pen like thing and as she was going smoke was coming from where she was working.. Is this a good way to remove moles???
thanks!
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- December 18, 2014 at 7:18 am
About 10% of the melanoma population get more than one primary. So your odds are good. However, I rely on removing things that change, not just looks. I also don't expect my doc to find anything. I expect to find it myself based on finding a mole that has changed significantly from my baseline photo. (I've had three primaries).
I've explained before to you that your odds are amazing and stage 0 has a fantastic prognosis. You can't read people's stories on any website and equate them to your situation. I can't tell you the times I've seen people talk about their stage or treatment and they are WRONG. Someone says they had in situ then mentions a depth. Depth isn't possible for in situ. You don't know how much the person actually understands, who read their pathology, how good their surgeon was, how big their margins are…. You can't make assumptions from what anyone posts!
The smoke was probably from a cauterization machine that heats and seals blood vessels – cuts down on the bleeding. Standard.
All I can say is you are better if you don't do Internet research. It won't help your anxiety, just makes things worse and still changes nothing about your fantastic prognosis!
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- December 18, 2014 at 7:18 am
About 10% of the melanoma population get more than one primary. So your odds are good. However, I rely on removing things that change, not just looks. I also don't expect my doc to find anything. I expect to find it myself based on finding a mole that has changed significantly from my baseline photo. (I've had three primaries).
I've explained before to you that your odds are amazing and stage 0 has a fantastic prognosis. You can't read people's stories on any website and equate them to your situation. I can't tell you the times I've seen people talk about their stage or treatment and they are WRONG. Someone says they had in situ then mentions a depth. Depth isn't possible for in situ. You don't know how much the person actually understands, who read their pathology, how good their surgeon was, how big their margins are…. You can't make assumptions from what anyone posts!
The smoke was probably from a cauterization machine that heats and seals blood vessels – cuts down on the bleeding. Standard.
All I can say is you are better if you don't do Internet research. It won't help your anxiety, just makes things worse and still changes nothing about your fantastic prognosis!
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- December 18, 2014 at 7:18 am
About 10% of the melanoma population get more than one primary. So your odds are good. However, I rely on removing things that change, not just looks. I also don't expect my doc to find anything. I expect to find it myself based on finding a mole that has changed significantly from my baseline photo. (I've had three primaries).
I've explained before to you that your odds are amazing and stage 0 has a fantastic prognosis. You can't read people's stories on any website and equate them to your situation. I can't tell you the times I've seen people talk about their stage or treatment and they are WRONG. Someone says they had in situ then mentions a depth. Depth isn't possible for in situ. You don't know how much the person actually understands, who read their pathology, how good their surgeon was, how big their margins are…. You can't make assumptions from what anyone posts!
The smoke was probably from a cauterization machine that heats and seals blood vessels – cuts down on the bleeding. Standard.
All I can say is you are better if you don't do Internet research. It won't help your anxiety, just makes things worse and still changes nothing about your fantastic prognosis!
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