Melanoma No.4

Hi everyone, I’m an old timer on this board. Joined nearly 17 years ago Stage 3b. It’s been 18 years since my first diagnosis. Like clockwork, I was diagnosed yesterday with another melanoma on my back. Clark Level 2 – Pt1a. I am under constant surveillance but yet here we are again. I seem to average one every 5 years. The pathology was 0.33mm. 0 mitotic rate, no ulceration. No lymph infiltrate. Mixed intraepidermal growth rate. I don’t know what that means? Anyone know? I had just finished radiation for a squamous carcinoma on my nose. It’s weird because I am under a trial at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane Australia wherein I was being skin checked and also checked by a 3D machine – only 3 in the world. I was due for my 6 monthly check tomorrow. I am going to America at the end of the month so I wanted anything suspicious removed before I left. This mole was brown, slight variation nothing special. It just goes to show, none if my melanomas have been easy to pick up. So I thought I would report in and really emphasis how important skin checks are after an initial diagnosis. I go every 3 months. Wish me luck with surgery tomorrow. I don’t know what I would have done without this board, it’s been a lifesaver. Thank you and I wish everyone luck and to keep string and vigilant with beating this insidious disease.