In March of this year I was diagnosed with melanoma on the scalp. On May 5th I had the WLE and sentinel lode biopsy with scalp relocation(basically pulled my scalp as tight as it could possibly go to cover the incision rather than a skin graft) despite being a 3.56 breslow depth with ulceration I was very fortunate to have no cancer in the lymph nodes! It has been a long recovery and my oncologist and plastic surgeon tells me that the pain I am continuing to have on my head is completely normal and can last up to a year post surgery, I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this? At times it is very sharp. Despite opting for the scalp relocation to avoid having a bald spot, I have an area where the hair follicles didn’t make it (which means bald spot anyways haha) and where the melanoma was is also sunken in a bit. My husband tells me that it has been since the surgery but I feel as it wasn’t and is gradually sinking in more (it was on the very back part of my left crown) Not sure if I am making a mountain out of a molehill, while I am super blessed to have had such a great outcome I know I need to stay vigilant to catch any new things that pop up. Thanks in advance!
