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      • March 13, 2018 at 1:36 am
      Britlady54
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        I had surgery on Feb. 2 for a 1.1mm (Stage 2b) melanoma on my upper mid-thigh.  General surgeon is very experienced doing cancer surgery.  He performed a wide excision and SNB. Sentinal node was clear of any signs of cancer cells. (very lucky me!)  However, at the site of the lymph node biopsy I now have a egg shaped bump that gets bigger as the day goes on.  I feel very fortunate that the melanoma had not spread further, but just would like to know if anyone else has a "goose egg" bump where their SNB was done, and if this will eventually disappear, as it really is quite ugly to look at, together with my "shark bite" thigh!  Also, my leg is still rather sore, and quite numb on the upper surface of my thigh from the bottom of the incision to my knee.  Look forward to hearing from someone.  I am new to the site.

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