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R-occurrences” in the scar tissue/area ?
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R-occurrences” in the scar tissue/area ?

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    • September 5, 2013 at 6:30 pm
    JerryfromFauq
    Participant
      Need help on a question. Several people on several sites have been asking about possible "re-occurrences" in the scar tissue/area of the removal of a primary.   I would like to hear about the timing of such re-occurrences in people that have had such occur.
      Need help on a question. Several people on several sites have been asking about possible "re-occurrences" in the scar tissue/area of the removal of a primary.   I would like to hear about the timing of such re-occurrences in people that have had such occur.
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        • September 5, 2013 at 6:53 pm
        SoCalDave
        Participant

          Mine came back within about 2 months; then had to have more surgery with skin graft, etc. It still came back and I'm over 3 years out from first surgery. Have had probably 30 mels in that general area (left calf). Been doing DPCP and right now i'm about 7 months out with no new mels. The thing I think is weird (perhaps a blessing), is that they've all been at or below the original mel site.

           

          Dave

          • September 5, 2013 at 6:53 pm
          SoCalDave
          Participant

            Mine came back within about 2 months; then had to have more surgery with skin graft, etc. It still came back and I'm over 3 years out from first surgery. Have had probably 30 mels in that general area (left calf). Been doing DPCP and right now i'm about 7 months out with no new mels. The thing I think is weird (perhaps a blessing), is that they've all been at or below the original mel site.

             

            Dave

            • September 5, 2013 at 6:53 pm
            SoCalDave
            Participant

              Mine came back within about 2 months; then had to have more surgery with skin graft, etc. It still came back and I'm over 3 years out from first surgery. Have had probably 30 mels in that general area (left calf). Been doing DPCP and right now i'm about 7 months out with no new mels. The thing I think is weird (perhaps a blessing), is that they've all been at or below the original mel site.

               

              Dave

              • September 5, 2013 at 7:26 pm
              JerryfromFauq
              Participant

                Thanks,

                Dave, Were all on the surface or were they deeper in the tissue?

                • September 5, 2013 at 8:02 pm
                nancyg
                Participant
                  My husband had his primary mole removed Dec30, 2011…
                  A bump literally popped up at the end of the scar
                  On his shoulder in Jan of 2013 — one year later!
                  It was Melanoma….
                  Nancy
                  • September 5, 2013 at 8:02 pm
                  nancyg
                  Participant
                    My husband had his primary mole removed Dec30, 2011…
                    A bump literally popped up at the end of the scar
                    On his shoulder in Jan of 2013 — one year later!
                    It was Melanoma….
                    Nancy
                    • September 5, 2013 at 8:02 pm
                    nancyg
                    Participant
                      My husband had his primary mole removed Dec30, 2011…
                      A bump literally popped up at the end of the scar
                      On his shoulder in Jan of 2013 — one year later!
                      It was Melanoma….
                      Nancy
                      • September 5, 2013 at 8:15 pm
                      SoCalDave
                      Participant

                        All on the surface; none probably bigger than a 5mil punch…

                        • September 6, 2013 at 1:38 am
                        blden2186
                        Participant
                          I had a lump show up almost a year to the date under my scar (left leg by knee). When they did surgery and got path report they found a second tumor that the PET scan did not pick up. I had surgery, then one month induction of interferon, followed by radiation and now Monday I start the 3x a week maintenance doses of interferon. Right now I feel good.
                          • September 6, 2013 at 1:38 am
                          blden2186
                          Participant
                            I had a lump show up almost a year to the date under my scar (left leg by knee). When they did surgery and got path report they found a second tumor that the PET scan did not pick up. I had surgery, then one month induction of interferon, followed by radiation and now Monday I start the 3x a week maintenance doses of interferon. Right now I feel good.
                            • September 6, 2013 at 1:38 am
                            blden2186
                            Participant
                              I had a lump show up almost a year to the date under my scar (left leg by knee). When they did surgery and got path report they found a second tumor that the PET scan did not pick up. I had surgery, then one month induction of interferon, followed by radiation and now Monday I start the 3x a week maintenance doses of interferon. Right now I feel good.
                              • September 7, 2013 at 4:54 am
                              MattF
                              Participant

                                Primary right ear lobe 9/2012

                                6/2013 First felt hard pea sized lump just below the earlove….about 1/4 inch from original WLE. It is Sub Q but nor really deep easy to feel rubbing your finger tips over it.

                                7/2013 Lump is the size of an olive hard painless and imovable. Confirmed Metastatic Melanoma by FNA

                                • September 7, 2013 at 4:54 am
                                MattF
                                Participant

                                  Primary right ear lobe 9/2012

                                  6/2013 First felt hard pea sized lump just below the earlove….about 1/4 inch from original WLE. It is Sub Q but nor really deep easy to feel rubbing your finger tips over it.

                                  7/2013 Lump is the size of an olive hard painless and imovable. Confirmed Metastatic Melanoma by FNA

                                  • September 7, 2013 at 4:54 am
                                  MattF
                                  Participant

                                    Primary right ear lobe 9/2012

                                    6/2013 First felt hard pea sized lump just below the earlove….about 1/4 inch from original WLE. It is Sub Q but nor really deep easy to feel rubbing your finger tips over it.

                                    7/2013 Lump is the size of an olive hard painless and imovable. Confirmed Metastatic Melanoma by FNA

                                    • September 5, 2013 at 7:26 pm
                                    JerryfromFauq
                                    Participant

                                      Thanks,

                                      Dave, Were all on the surface or were they deeper in the tissue?

                                      • September 5, 2013 at 7:26 pm
                                      JerryfromFauq
                                      Participant

                                        Thanks,

                                        Dave, Were all on the surface or were they deeper in the tissue?

                                        • September 5, 2013 at 8:15 pm
                                        SoCalDave
                                        Participant

                                          All on the surface; none probably bigger than a 5mil punch…

                                          • September 5, 2013 at 8:15 pm
                                          SoCalDave
                                          Participant

                                            All on the surface; none probably bigger than a 5mil punch…

                                            • September 6, 2013 at 11:17 pm
                                            blden2186
                                            Participant
                                              Lump was not movable and it felt close to surface. The oncologist and surgeon both thought it was scar tissue..surprise surprise.
                                              • September 6, 2013 at 11:17 pm
                                              blden2186
                                              Participant
                                                Lump was not movable and it felt close to surface. The oncologist and surgeon both thought it was scar tissue..surprise surprise.
                                                • September 6, 2013 at 11:17 pm
                                                blden2186
                                                Participant
                                                  Lump was not movable and it felt close to surface. The oncologist and surgeon both thought it was scar tissue..surprise surprise.
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