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SNB Positive – F***

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    • January 17, 2017 at 7:48 pm
    NSNewf
    Participant

      Discovered lesion getting hair cut from different barber. Got it removed November 1, 2016. Initial pathology was inconclusive and 2nd came back positive.

      1.7mm

      IV

      > 1 Mititic rate

      No ucleration

      Margins clear.

      CT scan had no convincsing metastic activity.

      Found the predictor on teh Sloan Kettering site that said I had a 8% chance of sspread to SNB.

      Had WLE and SNB on Jan 4, 2017. Just got results.

      WLE negative

      SNB Postive for microscopic deposits of mestactic malignant melanoma – F**K!

      I have used that word before but now I really mean it.

      Being referred to ENT for CLND of neck and Oncology.

      I  am in Canada so care is free but wait is issue.

      I was convinced mysself it had not spread.

       

          

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        • January 17, 2017 at 8:12 pm
        Aloha14
        Participant

          Sorry to hear that your SNB was positive. Same thing happened to mein Dec. and it's real scary to get those results. This is a great forum for support though.

            • January 17, 2017 at 8:22 pm
            NSNewf
            Participant

              Thanks, sorry you are going through this. I keep thinking I am going to wake up and it will be a bad dream.

              • January 17, 2017 at 8:22 pm
              NSNewf
              Participant

                Thanks, sorry you are going through this. I keep thinking I am going to wake up and it will be a bad dream.

                • January 17, 2017 at 8:22 pm
                NSNewf
                Participant

                  Thanks, sorry you are going through this. I keep thinking I am going to wake up and it will be a bad dream.

                • January 17, 2017 at 8:12 pm
                Aloha14
                Participant

                  Sorry to hear that your SNB was positive. Same thing happened to mein Dec. and it's real scary to get those results. This is a great forum for support though.

                  • January 17, 2017 at 8:12 pm
                  Aloha14
                  Participant

                    Sorry to hear that your SNB was positive. Same thing happened to mein Dec. and it's real scary to get those results. This is a great forum for support though.

                    • January 17, 2017 at 8:47 pm
                    AvaL
                    Participant

                      Real sorry to hear that news. It's just devastating at first isn't it. My hubby found out he had spread to groin lymph node and we had everything pinned on it being a negative result. It just feels like such a marthon at this time, with no end. What we found is that you do adjust to the news after a little while (my hubby also was expecting a negative result). Stage 3 really is not he end of the world though and it certainly doesn't mean a recurrence is in anyway an inevitability. The fact your primary was not ulcerated, not thick and the spread was microscopic in your lymph nodes are all positive things. Hope you have lots of support at this time…. It's tough x

                        • January 17, 2017 at 8:57 pm
                        NSNewf
                        Participant

                          Thanks for your support. Since starting this process I am constantly grapping hold of the few positives I get with each test.  I wish you and your family the best. Take care.

                          • January 17, 2017 at 8:57 pm
                          NSNewf
                          Participant

                            Thanks for your support. Since starting this process I am constantly grapping hold of the few positives I get with each test.  I wish you and your family the best. Take care.

                            • January 17, 2017 at 8:57 pm
                            NSNewf
                            Participant

                              Thanks for your support. Since starting this process I am constantly grapping hold of the few positives I get with each test.  I wish you and your family the best. Take care.

                            • January 17, 2017 at 8:47 pm
                            AvaL
                            Participant

                              Real sorry to hear that news. It's just devastating at first isn't it. My hubby found out he had spread to groin lymph node and we had everything pinned on it being a negative result. It just feels like such a marthon at this time, with no end. What we found is that you do adjust to the news after a little while (my hubby also was expecting a negative result). Stage 3 really is not he end of the world though and it certainly doesn't mean a recurrence is in anyway an inevitability. The fact your primary was not ulcerated, not thick and the spread was microscopic in your lymph nodes are all positive things. Hope you have lots of support at this time…. It's tough x

                              • January 17, 2017 at 8:47 pm
                              AvaL
                              Participant

                                Real sorry to hear that news. It's just devastating at first isn't it. My hubby found out he had spread to groin lymph node and we had everything pinned on it being a negative result. It just feels like such a marthon at this time, with no end. What we found is that you do adjust to the news after a little while (my hubby also was expecting a negative result). Stage 3 really is not he end of the world though and it certainly doesn't mean a recurrence is in anyway an inevitability. The fact your primary was not ulcerated, not thick and the spread was microscopic in your lymph nodes are all positive things. Hope you have lots of support at this time…. It's tough x

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