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Scalp melanoma/post surgery question
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Scalp melanoma/post surgery question

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    • July 25, 2017 at 2:26 am
    BjHagins
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      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!
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        • August 9, 2017 at 4:19 pm
        Hukill
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          I had a stage 2b in the exact same spot in june 2015 and have a hole the size of a tennis ball there now. I researched and found out 95% of the time stage 2b on the scalp shows up somewhere else. 1 year later I felt a knot in my lower neck upper shoulder drying off after a shower. 2 weeks later it was out, melanoma and pet scan had 7 tumors between both lungs that were not there a year earlier. Started ipi/nivo combo and yesterday was told NED!. I would get a full body scan at 3 or 4 months.

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