dandew25

Hi, 

I had a dark line on my great toe nail for about 5 years and noticed it got bigger but never thought much about it. One day I saw a commercial about an upcoming news segment on a local news channel about dark lines in nails and I thought… Hey I have one of those. I didn't watch the segment but instead googled it and found lesions that looks just like mine and I further read that it could be melanoma. I saw my local derm and she was extremely concerned and said I should of had it biospsied like yesterday! So I had the nail bed and plate biopsied and got the results 5 days later that revealed nothing. But the pathology report said if the area returned they recommended a biopsy deeper into the nail matrix. Initial biopsy was in September and by December you could distinctly tell it was coming back so they repeated the biopsy(January), this time deeper into the nail matrix. After 2 weeks of waiting, my derm called and said my biopsy was abnormal and revealed melanoma in situ. She referred me to a MOHs surgeon for excision. The MOHs specialist stated that the biopsy confirmed I did have early stage melanoma and he performed a MOHs procedures removing the area of concern and my entire nail unit, nail bed, and nail matrix and surrounding tissue. My toe was reconstructed with a skin graft from my upper thigh. Today is exactly one month since my surgery. My GP wants me to still have a PET Scan which was just ordered and authorized. Kinda scary stuff, they said mine was early stages but I had the spot for years. Don't ignore yours and don't be afraid to get a second opinion! Good luck and God Bless! 

Hi, 

I had a dark line on my great toe nail for about 5 years and noticed it got bigger but never thought much about it. One day I saw a commercial about an upcoming news segment on a local news channel about dark lines in nails and I thought… Hey I have one of those. I didn't watch the segment but instead googled it and found lesions that looks just like mine and I further read that it could be melanoma. I saw my local derm and she was extremely concerned and said I should of had it biospsied like yesterday! So I had the nail bed and plate biopsied and got the results 5 days later that revealed nothing. But the pathology report said if the area returned they recommended a biopsy deeper into the nail matrix. Initial biopsy was in September and by December you could distinctly tell it was coming back so they repeated the biopsy(January), this time deeper into the nail matrix. After 2 weeks of waiting, my derm called and said my biopsy was abnormal and revealed melanoma in situ. She referred me to a MOHs surgeon for excision. The MOHs specialist stated that the biopsy confirmed I did have early stage melanoma and he performed a MOHs procedures removing the area of concern and my entire nail unit, nail bed, and nail matrix and surrounding tissue. My toe was reconstructed with a skin graft from my upper thigh. Today is exactly one month since my surgery. My GP wants me to still have a PET Scan which was just ordered and authorized. Kinda scary stuff, they said mine was early stages but I had the spot for years. Don't ignore yours and don't be afraid to get a second opinion! Good luck and God Bless! 

Hi, 

I had a dark line on my great toe nail for about 5 years and noticed it got bigger but never thought much about it. One day I saw a commercial about an upcoming news segment on a local news channel about dark lines in nails and I thought… Hey I have one of those. I didn't watch the segment but instead googled it and found lesions that looks just like mine and I further read that it could be melanoma. I saw my local derm and she was extremely concerned and said I should of had it biospsied like yesterday! So I had the nail bed and plate biopsied and got the results 5 days later that revealed nothing. But the pathology report said if the area returned they recommended a biopsy deeper into the nail matrix. Initial biopsy was in September and by December you could distinctly tell it was coming back so they repeated the biopsy(January), this time deeper into the nail matrix. After 2 weeks of waiting, my derm called and said my biopsy was abnormal and revealed melanoma in situ. She referred me to a MOHs surgeon for excision. The MOHs specialist stated that the biopsy confirmed I did have early stage melanoma and he performed a MOHs procedures removing the area of concern and my entire nail unit, nail bed, and nail matrix and surrounding tissue. My toe was reconstructed with a skin graft from my upper thigh. Today is exactly one month since my surgery. My GP wants me to still have a PET Scan which was just ordered and authorized. Kinda scary stuff, they said mine was early stages but I had the spot for years. Don't ignore yours and don't be afraid to get a second opinion! Good luck and God Bless!