KariSlaught

Great news! I’m going next week back to the doctor. After
reading this blog I’m thinking I don’t need to have excision surgery
if I am stage 1. Last week when I was first diagnosed one doctor
told me that I should have excision surgery and have a lymph node
mapping. If I do have lymph mapping and excision surgery, is this an
in office procedure? I talked to a general surgeon last week and he was suggesting these things. This blog leads me to believe that
I can do this surgery in a dermotigist’s office.
Thanks you all are so helpful. I’m so great full that I found this site!

Great news! I’m going next week back to the doctor. After
reading this blog I’m thinking I don’t need to have excision surgery
if I am stage 1. Last week when I was first diagnosed one doctor
told me that I should have excision surgery and have a lymph node
mapping. If I do have lymph mapping and excision surgery, is this an
in office procedure? I talked to a general surgeon last week and he was suggesting these things. This blog leads me to believe that
I can do this surgery in a dermotigist’s office.
Thanks you all are so helpful. I’m so great full that I found this site!

Great news! I’m going next week back to the doctor. After
reading this blog I’m thinking I don’t need to have excision surgery
if I am stage 1. Last week when I was first diagnosed one doctor
told me that I should have excision surgery and have a lymph node
mapping. If I do have lymph mapping and excision surgery, is this an
in office procedure? I talked to a general surgeon last week and he was suggesting these things. This blog leads me to believe that
I can do this surgery in a dermotigist’s office.
Thanks you all are so helpful. I’m so great full that I found this site!

Great news! I’m going next week back to the doctor. After
reading this blog I’m thinking I don’t need to have excision surgery
if I am stage 1. Last week when I was first diagnosed one doctor
told me that I should have excision surgery and have a lymph node
mapping. If I do have lymph mapping and excision surgery, is this an
in office procedure? I talked to a general surgeon last week and he was suggesting these things. This blog leads me to believe that
I can do this surgery in a dermotigist’s office.
Thanks you all are so helpful. I’m so great full that I found this site!

Great news! I’m going next week back to the doctor. After
reading this blog I’m thinking I don’t need to have excision surgery
if I am stage 1. Last week when I was first diagnosed one doctor
told me that I should have excision surgery and have a lymph node
mapping. If I do have lymph mapping and excision surgery, is this an
in office procedure? I talked to a general surgeon last week and he was suggesting these things. This blog leads me to believe that
I can do this surgery in a dermotigist’s office.
Thanks you all are so helpful. I’m so great full that I found this site!

Great news! I’m going next week back to the doctor. After
reading this blog I’m thinking I don’t need to have excision surgery
if I am stage 1. Last week when I was first diagnosed one doctor
told me that I should have excision surgery and have a lymph node
mapping. If I do have lymph mapping and excision surgery, is this an
in office procedure? I talked to a general surgeon last week and he was suggesting these things. This blog leads me to believe that
I can do this surgery in a dermotigist’s office.
Thanks you all are so helpful. I’m so great full that I found this site!

Hi, I wanted to update you all since you have been
so helpful. My current dermatologist wanted a second opinion on
my original path report. We are still waiting for the lesion
to arrive 10 days later. Yesterday they told me that since there were
two lesions cut off of me one at my arm and one at my back. They
are having trouble determining the site location from
the pathology report, therefore they may have to do
two surgeries because they can’t be sure where the positive
lesion is from. There is a possibility that the specimens were
labeled wrong.

This is very frustrating to say the least.

Hi, I wanted to update you all since you have been
so helpful. My current dermatologist wanted a second opinion on
my original path report. We are still waiting for the lesion
to arrive 10 days later. Yesterday they told me that since there were
two lesions cut off of me one at my arm and one at my back. They
are having trouble determining the site location from
the pathology report, therefore they may have to do
two surgeries because they can’t be sure where the positive
lesion is from. There is a possibility that the specimens were
labeled wrong.

This is very frustrating to say the least.

Hi, I wanted to update you all since you have been
so helpful. My current dermatologist wanted a second opinion on
my original path report. We are still waiting for the lesion
to arrive 10 days later. Yesterday they told me that since there were
two lesions cut off of me one at my arm and one at my back. They
are having trouble determining the site location from
the pathology report, therefore they may have to do
two surgeries because they can’t be sure where the positive
lesion is from. There is a possibility that the specimens were
labeled wrong.

This is very frustrating to say the least.

Hi, I wanted to update you all since you have been
so helpful. My current dermatologist wanted a second opinion on
my original path report. We are still waiting for the lesion
to arrive 10 days later. Yesterday they told me that since there were
two lesions cut off of me one at my arm and one at my back. They
are having trouble determining the site location from
the pathology report, therefore they may have to do
two surgeries because they can’t be sure where the positive
lesion is from. There is a possibility that the specimens were
labeled wrong.

This is very frustrating to say the least.

Hi, I wanted to update you all since you have been
so helpful. My current dermatologist wanted a second opinion on
my original path report. We are still waiting for the lesion
to arrive 10 days later. Yesterday they told me that since there were
two lesions cut off of me one at my arm and one at my back. They
are having trouble determining the site location from
the pathology report, therefore they may have to do
two surgeries because they can’t be sure where the positive
lesion is from. There is a possibility that the specimens were
labeled wrong.

This is very frustrating to say the least.

Hi, I wanted to update you all since you have been
so helpful. My current dermatologist wanted a second opinion on
my original path report. We are still waiting for the lesion
to arrive 10 days later. Yesterday they told me that since there were
two lesions cut off of me one at my arm and one at my back. They
are having trouble determining the site location from
the pathology report, therefore they may have to do
two surgeries because they can’t be sure where the positive
lesion is from. There is a possibility that the specimens were
labeled wrong.

This is very frustrating to say the least.

Hi!  Last week I went to another dermotologist to get some other suspicious moles on my back biopsied.  The original doctor that gave me the melanoma results was a PA and my general doctor suggested I go to a melanoma trained dermatologist.  The doctor that I met with last week wanted to have my original pathology report reevualed by a UCSF dermopatologist.  Just to be sure that my melanoma diagnoses was correct.  The orginal path report was done in Alabama and I live in California.  The PA that removed my mole uses this pathology company in Alabama.  Anyway, long confusing story.  I am now waitiing for the second opinion results from UCSF.  I'm assuming it will be the same diagnosis but the waiitng is hard.  I did go and see a surgeon last week as well.  He said that I would have to have 2cm borders cut around the melanoma and since it's on my back, a SKIN graft.  UGH!  That sounds a little excessive for a stage 1 melanoma?  I'm not sure if any of you had a melanoma on your back and because there isn't much skin back there, a skin graft had to be done.   I have 3 more moles that the dermotologist wants to biopsy and the surgeron told me that I should just leave them there.  He said it was "overkill" to cut all of these moles off.  UGH. This is so confusing.  Ironically, I work for a medical device company and train doctors on how to use a breast biopsy needle.  I travel for work weekly and I have all these trips to plan for my job.  I'm not sure if I can keep working through all of this or not.   A skin graft sounds like it will take a long time to heal. 

 

Thanks! 🙂

Hi!  Last week I went to another dermotologist to get some other suspicious moles on my back biopsied.  The original doctor that gave me the melanoma results was a PA and my general doctor suggested I go to a melanoma trained dermatologist.  The doctor that I met with last week wanted to have my original pathology report reevualed by a UCSF dermopatologist.  Just to be sure that my melanoma diagnoses was correct.  The orginal path report was done in Alabama and I live in California.  The PA that removed my mole uses this pathology company in Alabama.  Anyway, long confusing story.  I am now waitiing for the second opinion results from UCSF.  I'm assuming it will be the same diagnosis but the waiitng is hard.  I did go and see a surgeon last week as well.  He said that I would have to have 2cm borders cut around the melanoma and since it's on my back, a SKIN graft.  UGH!  That sounds a little excessive for a stage 1 melanoma?  I'm not sure if any of you had a melanoma on your back and because there isn't much skin back there, a skin graft had to be done.   I have 3 more moles that the dermotologist wants to biopsy and the surgeron told me that I should just leave them there.  He said it was "overkill" to cut all of these moles off.  UGH. This is so confusing.  Ironically, I work for a medical device company and train doctors on how to use a breast biopsy needle.  I travel for work weekly and I have all these trips to plan for my job.  I'm not sure if I can keep working through all of this or not.   A skin graft sounds like it will take a long time to heal. 

 

Thanks! 🙂

Hi!  Last week I went to another dermotologist to get some other suspicious moles on my back biopsied.  The original doctor that gave me the melanoma results was a PA and my general doctor suggested I go to a melanoma trained dermatologist.  The doctor that I met with last week wanted to have my original pathology report reevualed by a UCSF dermopatologist.  Just to be sure that my melanoma diagnoses was correct.  The orginal path report was done in Alabama and I live in California.  The PA that removed my mole uses this pathology company in Alabama.  Anyway, long confusing story.  I am now waitiing for the second opinion results from UCSF.  I'm assuming it will be the same diagnosis but the waiitng is hard.  I did go and see a surgeon last week as well.  He said that I would have to have 2cm borders cut around the melanoma and since it's on my back, a SKIN graft.  UGH!  That sounds a little excessive for a stage 1 melanoma?  I'm not sure if any of you had a melanoma on your back and because there isn't much skin back there, a skin graft had to be done.   I have 3 more moles that the dermotologist wants to biopsy and the surgeron told me that I should just leave them there.  He said it was "overkill" to cut all of these moles off.  UGH. This is so confusing.  Ironically, I work for a medical device company and train doctors on how to use a breast biopsy needle.  I travel for work weekly and I have all these trips to plan for my job.  I'm not sure if I can keep working through all of this or not.   A skin graft sounds like it will take a long time to heal. 

 

Thanks! 🙂