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Thanks for your response! Your tumor is exactly where mine is! on my back on the side near my ribs. I am sure your surgery will go just fine, and you will breathe easier once it is overwith. There is a part of me wondering if I should have chosen to go through with the SNLB, but I elected to just do the excision. Good luck with everything!

Thanks for your response! Your tumor is exactly where mine is! on my back on the side near my ribs. I am sure your surgery will go just fine, and you will breathe easier once it is overwith. There is a part of me wondering if I should have chosen to go through with the SNLB, but I elected to just do the excision. Good luck with everything!

Thanks for your response! Your tumor is exactly where mine is! on my back on the side near my ribs. I am sure your surgery will go just fine, and you will breathe easier once it is overwith. There is a part of me wondering if I should have chosen to go through with the SNLB, but I elected to just do the excision. Good luck with everything!

Thanks so much for your response! I sorry to hear about your current stage, although it sounds like you have a good handle on it! To mimic the other person, do they know if your current tumor is related to the stage 1 you had removed a long time ago? I am definitely leaning towards having the SLNB if they allow me to, just to be completely sure. In the future would you suggest periodic radiology tests and blood tests to make sure nothing has spread?

Thanks so much for your response! I sorry to hear about your current stage, although it sounds like you have a good handle on it! To mimic the other person, do they know if your current tumor is related to the stage 1 you had removed a long time ago? I am definitely leaning towards having the SLNB if they allow me to, just to be completely sure. In the future would you suggest periodic radiology tests and blood tests to make sure nothing has spread?

Thanks so much for your response! I sorry to hear about your current stage, although it sounds like you have a good handle on it! To mimic the other person, do they know if your current tumor is related to the stage 1 you had removed a long time ago? I am definitely leaning towards having the SLNB if they allow me to, just to be completely sure. In the future would you suggest periodic radiology tests and blood tests to make sure nothing has spread?

Thank you so much for your response! I have been trying really hard not to let myself get too worked up over it. I am trying to focus on the positive, that it was caught early. I will feel much better once I get a full body check next week! I think I will ellect to do the SLNB if they allow me to, just to be completely sure. Good  luck and wishes to you and your partner!!!

Thank you so much for your response! I have been trying really hard not to let myself get too worked up over it. I am trying to focus on the positive, that it was caught early. I will feel much better once I get a full body check next week! I think I will ellect to do the SLNB if they allow me to, just to be completely sure. Good  luck and wishes to you and your partner!!!

Thank you so much for your response! I have been trying really hard not to let myself get too worked up over it. I am trying to focus on the positive, that it was caught early. I will feel much better once I get a full body check next week! I think I will ellect to do the SLNB if they allow me to, just to be completely sure. Good  luck and wishes to you and your partner!!!

Thank you so much for your response! As I said in a response to someone else, what I am mainly paranoid about now is that there are more on my body right now that haven;t been found. I still haven't had a full body check yet, when I went in to get two removed they were ones I saw myself. Why he didn't give me a full body check the day I came in after finding out it was melanoma, is beyond me. I would think any derm would feel the need to do that ASAP. I am going to see if the oncologist will give me one on Monday when I go in for my consult with him. I hope he will so I can breathe easier! Also- the 3 that you had, what did they look like? I know about the ABCD thing to check but I am always interested to ask people who have ad them to look for that on myself also. The one they found on me was a normal size and normal shaped mole, although it was very dark in color compared to the others on my back.

Good luck with yours and I glad they caught yours early also!!

Thank you so much for your response! As I said in a response to someone else, what I am mainly paranoid about now is that there are more on my body right now that haven;t been found. I still haven't had a full body check yet, when I went in to get two removed they were ones I saw myself. Why he didn't give me a full body check the day I came in after finding out it was melanoma, is beyond me. I would think any derm would feel the need to do that ASAP. I am going to see if the oncologist will give me one on Monday when I go in for my consult with him. I hope he will so I can breathe easier! Also- the 3 that you had, what did they look like? I know about the ABCD thing to check but I am always interested to ask people who have ad them to look for that on myself also. The one they found on me was a normal size and normal shaped mole, although it was very dark in color compared to the others on my back.

Good luck with yours and I glad they caught yours early also!!

Thank you so much for your response! As I said in a response to someone else, what I am mainly paranoid about now is that there are more on my body right now that haven;t been found. I still haven't had a full body check yet, when I went in to get two removed they were ones I saw myself. Why he didn't give me a full body check the day I came in after finding out it was melanoma, is beyond me. I would think any derm would feel the need to do that ASAP. I am going to see if the oncologist will give me one on Monday when I go in for my consult with him. I hope he will so I can breathe easier! Also- the 3 that you had, what did they look like? I know about the ABCD thing to check but I am always interested to ask people who have ad them to look for that on myself also. The one they found on me was a normal size and normal shaped mole, although it was very dark in color compared to the others on my back.

Good luck with yours and I glad they caught yours early also!!

Thanks so much for your response! I will find out everything when I see the surgeon on Monday, and I will go over the pros and cons of getting an SLNB at my stage. I am a little anxious because after finding the melanoma my derm didn't give e a full body check right then and there (and he hasn't done one at all yet).. Which I would think would be important to do. I don't know if he didn't have the time or what but I think I will breath a little easier once I get that done (hopefully next week with the surgeon, if not then I will make an appointment with someone one way or another very soon!).

Do you think the chances of me having another one somewhere else are high? That is what I am paranoid about, that there is one somewhere else on my body that hasn;t been seen.

Thanks so much for your response! I will find out everything when I see the surgeon on Monday, and I will go over the pros and cons of getting an SLNB at my stage. I am a little anxious because after finding the melanoma my derm didn't give e a full body check right then and there (and he hasn't done one at all yet).. Which I would think would be important to do. I don't know if he didn't have the time or what but I think I will breath a little easier once I get that done (hopefully next week with the surgeon, if not then I will make an appointment with someone one way or another very soon!).

Do you think the chances of me having another one somewhere else are high? That is what I am paranoid about, that there is one somewhere else on my body that hasn;t been seen.

Thanks so much for your response! I will find out everything when I see the surgeon on Monday, and I will go over the pros and cons of getting an SLNB at my stage. I am a little anxious because after finding the melanoma my derm didn't give e a full body check right then and there (and he hasn't done one at all yet).. Which I would think would be important to do. I don't know if he didn't have the time or what but I think I will breath a little easier once I get that done (hopefully next week with the surgeon, if not then I will make an appointment with someone one way or another very soon!).

Do you think the chances of me having another one somewhere else are high? That is what I am paranoid about, that there is one somewhere else on my body that hasn;t been seen.