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    • June 30, 2012 at 10:41 pm
    zoocrew6
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      Hi, I am new here and fairly new to melanoma.

      Hi, I am new here and fairly new to melanoma.

      7 weeks ago I had an axillary dissection and my recovery had been going great. I went in for my scans to begin a research trial and my chest CT showed " something " … that something is a hard lump that over the past 2 days has gotten slightly bigger and today noticed my skin is a light purplish color over the lump. The lump is located just above my scar from the dissection. Starting to hate weekends because I cant call my doctor to ask so thought maybe joining here would help. Could a tumor grow that quickly ? What about the change in skin color literally overnight ? My hand and wrist on the same arm is slightly swollen, so am wondering if it could be sercoma and not such a quick reoccurrence. I havent even gotten the chance to start a treatment, was still recovering from surgery and even my nurse said it would be a quick return. My dr didnt read my scans, the nurse did and am now waiting for a PET scan. I guess I am hoping for some peace of mind or to know yes I should accept its back so soon and just face it.

      little background – primary was a mole on my left hand, had the mole all my life then a year ago it started to fill with blood. Apr of this year, I noticed a swelling under my armpit  (left). Had mole biopsy'd, told it was melanoma. Had surgery, wide excersion mole removal, skin graft done and all the lymphnodes removed under my arm…5 out of 15 were cancer.Surgery was May 14th.

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