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- September 8, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Hi..
this is about my best friend who has mel… he has been NED for 2 yrs… he had a mel on his shin.. was removed.. then microscopic mel showed up two years later in the sentinal lymph node in his groin..
had the lymphs removed..has been fine ever since..
told me today that he has 3 small "cysts" on his back.. he said they have been there for years.. and has not been worried about them but decided
Hi..
this is about my best friend who has mel… he has been NED for 2 yrs… he had a mel on his shin.. was removed.. then microscopic mel showed up two years later in the sentinal lymph node in his groin..
had the lymphs removed..has been fine ever since..
told me today that he has 3 small "cysts" on his back.. he said they have been there for years.. and has not been worried about them but decided
to get them removed as they are getting bigger.. and he wants nothing growing in or on his skin…
he went to his onc.. who said he had not seen them before.. but my friend says he knows for sure they have been there for years.. and the dr did not notice them as they were tiny…
the onc wants to take him in and do a wide excision on them right now.. not even testing them first to know what they are..
this seems a bit extreme to me without even biopsy first???
i have had many cysts that sound just the same… they have been removed in the office.. under local .. and voila gone..
any thoughts on this??
thanks..Michele
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- September 9, 2012 at 2:38 am
I would like to comment on this, understanding that every situation is different. My husband had bumps on his back and side and was told on 2 separate occasions by his derm that they were lipomas. Although she knew of his melanoma history, she neglected to biopsy or remove them. Seven months later he was diagnosed by other doctors with very advanced stage 4. When he first saw the new oncologist, the doctor looked at the bumps and said that they were melanoma.I hope that your friend does indeed have cysts, but maybe his doctor would rather be very cautious. Maybe your friend should ask the doctor why a biopsy isn’t being done; the doctor could have had experience with a similar situation which turned out to be melanoma.
Best Wishes.
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- September 9, 2012 at 2:38 am
I would like to comment on this, understanding that every situation is different. My husband had bumps on his back and side and was told on 2 separate occasions by his derm that they were lipomas. Although she knew of his melanoma history, she neglected to biopsy or remove them. Seven months later he was diagnosed by other doctors with very advanced stage 4. When he first saw the new oncologist, the doctor looked at the bumps and said that they were melanoma.I hope that your friend does indeed have cysts, but maybe his doctor would rather be very cautious. Maybe your friend should ask the doctor why a biopsy isn’t being done; the doctor could have had experience with a similar situation which turned out to be melanoma.
Best Wishes.
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- September 9, 2012 at 2:38 am
I would like to comment on this, understanding that every situation is different. My husband had bumps on his back and side and was told on 2 separate occasions by his derm that they were lipomas. Although she knew of his melanoma history, she neglected to biopsy or remove them. Seven months later he was diagnosed by other doctors with very advanced stage 4. When he first saw the new oncologist, the doctor looked at the bumps and said that they were melanoma.I hope that your friend does indeed have cysts, but maybe his doctor would rather be very cautious. Maybe your friend should ask the doctor why a biopsy isn’t being done; the doctor could have had experience with a similar situation which turned out to be melanoma.
Best Wishes.
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