Melanoma Research Foundation | AshleyS | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/ashleys/activity/ Activity feed for AshleyS. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:19:39 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 408b5c3017eea6877a72415b512a0a80 AshleyS replied to the topic New baby and new diagnosis in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/new-baby-and-new-diagnosis/#post-276527 Mon, 28 Mar 2022 02:06:41 -0400 Hi Amanda,

I found a suspicious mole during my first pregnancy. My OBGYN said not to worry and that moles often change during pregnancy. When my daughter was 9 months, I had the mole removed. It was Stage 1b cutaneous melanoma. I had a WLE and they did all the other tests/scans and they came back clear.

I had had three miscarriages before my…Read more

]]> 3a85f2590b10fdbcd59e757040e4ec21 AshleyS replied to the topic Update from BrianP in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/update-from-brianp/#post-276502 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:36:59 -0400 Hey Brian!

It’s been awhile since I’ve been on here. I hope you get this! I remember when I came to this board, desperate, and you, along with many of the names you posted, were so kind to me. We had similar stories (I found my cancer during pregnancy and found out it metastasized after my son’s birth). Maybe someday we’ll run into each other!

Ashley S.

]]> 372e6ee648dd9428d4a4bce15b3d96b1 AshleyS replied to the topic Pregnant & new diagnosis Junctional Melanocytic Nevus with Severe Atypia in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/pregnant-new-diagnosis-junctional-melanocytic-nevus-with-severe-atypia/#post-276395 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 01:56:42 -0500 Yes, congratulations on your pregnancy! Early detection and action is key. I urge you to remove the mole. I had a changing mole during my first pregnancy. It ended up being melanoma and I had a wide excision. Although they thought I was clear, the cancer spread during my second pregnancy a year later to my liver, lungs, and spine. I’m not t…Read more

]]> 47e372c14c0dcc2847793d8f15bfb4a3 AshleyS replied to the topic Who is NED for 5 or more years? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/who-is-ned-for-5-or-more-years/#post-275315 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 20:25:17 -0400 I found out I had advanced stage Melanoma in July 2014. After I delivered my baby in December of that year, they found tumors all over my body. I have been NED since November 2015 and finished treatment in March 2017. My daughter will be nine this year and my son will be seven. There was a time when I didn’t know if I would see their third and f…Read more

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