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    walesgirl
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      Greetings my melanoma clan…I"ve not posted, but I read everyday….I do now have a question…stage IIa diagnosed 9/2011…scalp…2cm around, clean margins, neg SNB…however, felt a hard nodule just on the edge of graft about a month ago…had hit my head there and had a sore, but it cursted, and then here's this…derm is almost positive it's a local recurrence which I understand is so not good…anyone have experience with local recurrence, any encouraging info?? thankyou so much…really

       

      beattiesa

      Greetings my melanoma clan…I"ve not posted, but I read everyday….I do now have a question…stage IIa diagnosed 9/2011…scalp…2cm around, clean margins, neg SNB…however, felt a hard nodule just on the edge of graft about a month ago…had hit my head there and had a sore, but it cursted, and then here's this…derm is almost positive it's a local recurrence which I understand is so not good…anyone have experience with local recurrence, any encouraging info?? thankyou so much…really

       

      beattiesa

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