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      • October 22, 2018 at 10:24 pm
      Anonymous52
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      Replying back now to my own comment in case anyone else finds this post and is trying to diagnose this – I was able to have a skin biopsy with a dermatologist and the diagnosis was "PSEUDOLYMPHOMA" – It looks like a lymphoma, but it is not.  The doctor explained to me that it's more like an over-reaction of the skin to something such as a bug bite and it won't go away on its own for some reason.  Next week I'll be going to the doctor to get a steroid shot directly into the bump, as even very strong topical steroids did not work.  Some telltale signs that this was NOT an actual cancer is that one night I drank ginger and turmeric tea (strong natural anti-inflammatories) and I woke up the next morning and the bump felt slightly smaller.  Cancers do NOT get smaller.  Also, the doctor said that the itching, while it does happen in cancers, is super rare.   

      • September 29, 2018 at 7:43 pm
      Anonymous52
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      I have ALL these same exact symptoms that you described throughout this thread.  I can not find anywhere else where people are describing this exact thing.  Do you have any updates about what this was or if it went away?  I was told by my doctor that it was contact dermatitis, but the steroid creams have not changed it a bit.  I am also SO tired all the time and my lymph nodes are swollen.  (I apologize ahead of time to everyone if this is not a Melanoma – I really don't know what it is and this was the closest description to my experience that I've been able to find)

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