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First Follow-up Tomorrow – Anxiety/Fear
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First Follow-up Tomorrow – Anxiety/Fear

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    • November 29, 2018 at 4:58 pm
    MMH
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      I was crusing right along trying to live life after my .6mm spitzoid melanoma WLE in August. I have my first follow-up with my dermatologist tomorrow and I am overcome with anxiety. The WLE was on my right upper arm and I have had underam and breast pain, primarily on that side, for a few months now. I have been to my primary and my OBGYN for routine visits and asked them to feel for bumps, but they don't feel anything. I do though. Anyway, I just needed to post since I don't want to talk to my friends and family about this until I need to, and my anxiety is making me nuts.  

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        • November 29, 2018 at 8:01 pm
        sing123
        Participant

          I'm sorry that you're feeling anxious. So understandable with this. My lymph nodes on the side not operated on hurt for a few weeks during healing after my first surgery. Wonder if it might be this. Anyway, hope you get great news tomorrow!

           

          • November 29, 2018 at 9:45 pm
          jbronicki
          Participant

            Hey, we definitely understand anxiety on this board.  It's so hard not to correlate any pain or ache with melanoma spread once you have been diagnosed at any stage.  I tend to lean on statistics to help with the anxiety (I'm not the patient, my husband) is, easier said than done.  Hoping you get the best and most likely news of all clear tomorrow. 

            • November 30, 2018 at 3:49 am
            lkb
            Participant

              Completely understand your anxiety. Hope your follow-up goes well.

              Lisa

              • December 15, 2018 at 2:17 am
              Ridingaroundwith27Jennifers
              Participant

                I hope your follow up went well.  I've been off the board for a while because dealing with this, even when things are going well is hard.  The anxiety can eat you alive if you let it.  I bounce between writing in a journal, venting on this board, seeing a therapist and leaning on friends.  It's hard to only talk with people who've never been in our shoes and so I get the now wanting to talk with family and friends.

                Good wishes to you

                Jennifer

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