Melanoma Research Foundation | MeganD | Activity https://forum.melanoma.org/user/megand/activity/ Activity feed for MeganD. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:47:37 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5f6271b19b93d1fe831a9347331a667a MeganD replied to the topic Mom of Jake - for the old friends here in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/mom-of-jake-for-the-old-friends-here/#post-274686 Wed, 12 May 2021 00:38:57 -0400 My heart breaks for all of you.

Sending warm thoughts.

Megan

]]> ae591dbce19e50b435fd491ae38884ba MeganD replied to the topic Scar treatment for WLE in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/scar-treatment-for-wle/#post-274641 Mon, 03 May 2021 17:22:39 -0400 Hi Danielle –

I had a particularly nasty scar on my lower leg after a WLE for in-situ and opted for laser treatment.

They tend to leave lower leg WLE’s open (no stitches so the wound heals from an open/unstitched state). This scar was about the size of a nickel with a distinct depression into my skin. I recently completed 3 Fraxel laser…Read more

]]> d0444e78596174ef2a5046dace92ec57 MeganD started the topic Dermatoscope for at home skin checks? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/dermatoscope-for-at-home-skin-checks/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:23:06 -0400 Hi all –

I have had multiple thin primaries. Since mine have never been new lesions, and do not visibly change to my eye, but clearly must be changing on the molecular level, I’m thinking of getting a dermascope to help with my monthly skin checks.

I do understand that it takes a significant amount of education to be an expert in reading these,…Read more

]]> d8aa623a3160ca68d530c8422d9a6fef MeganD replied to the topic Confused by path report: In Situ and Invasive Mel in same lesion? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/confused-by-path-report-in-situ-and-invasive-mel-in-same-lesion-2/#post-274352 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:40:12 -0500 Thank you for your responses. The path report staged it as pT1a, pNX.  Which would indicate that it is more than In Situ, so…confusing.  (Healing from WLE now!).

 

 

]]> 9e9373664e50ee0976fbcfa54ce6ed59 MeganD started the topic Confused by path report: In Situ and Invasive Mel in same lesion? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/confused-by-path-report-in-situ-and-invasive-mel-in-same-lesion-2/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:06:11 -0500 Hi all –

I am confused by my recent path report which I read after leaving the Dr.’s office, so I could not ask him. Source of my confusion is in bold, the reset is included for context.

Diagnosis:  INVASIVE MELANOMA, BRESLOW THICKNESS 0.3, NON-ULCERATED (0 mitosis)

NOTE: Sox-10 highlights an asymmetric compound melanocytic prolifer…Read more

]]> 7864334b60bea73dae9cbd9476d26ec3 MeganD started the topic Confused by path report: In Situ and Invasive Mel in same lesion? in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/confused-by-path-report-in-situ-and-invasive-mel-in-same-lesion/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:48:50 -0500 Hi all –

I am confused by my recent path report which I read after leaving the Dr.’s office, so I could not ask him. Source of my confusion is in bold, the reset is included for context.

Diagnosis:  INVASIVE MELANOMA, BRESLOW THICKNESS 0.3, NON-ULCERATED (0 mitosis)

NOTE: Sox-10 highlights an asymmetric compound melanocytic proliferation…Read more

]]> 613bb3973ead9e43f0cbd72e926ee7af MeganD replied to the topic Can a mole that has not visually changed be a concern? in the forum General Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/can-a-mole-that-has-not-visually-changed-be-a-concern/#post-274329 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 19:29:29 -0500 Hi Danielle –

We’ve recently messaged back and forth. What you are describing is what I have experienced. May I ask what the results were? My doctors always think I just did not notice, but I would have had mine visually changed as I have 10 year old pics!

 

 

]]> 470ebe445957a8c08c3fc9ce13546f2f MeganD started the topic Specialist or regular derm for WLE? in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/specialist-or-regular-derm-for-wle/ Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:08:49 -0500 I need a WLE for a thin melanoma.

My regular derm says he can do the WLE. but I’ve heard going to a specialist who does this day in and day out might be a smarter way of going.

I’d love to hear thoughts on this.

Thank you.

]]> 89c5d8703790cb8980e5e634fe143dfc MeganD replied to the topic 2 unchanged moles BOTH are melanoma in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/2-unchanged-moles-both-are-melanoma/#post-274247 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:25:45 -0500 Please do let me know and I will investigate also getting the genetic test as what you are sharing is very interesting.

I too recently read some of the same type of articles. A melanoma pathology is not binary at all, but more a “possibly” based on indicators.

 

]]> 7b630a9a25ea0eba9b1810a5ca540b2f MeganD replied to the topic 2 unchanged moles BOTH are melanoma in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/2-unchanged-moles-both-are-melanoma/#post-274244 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:28:46 -0500 I agree! Great to have another one who has 1A.

You know, I have never seen any of my path reports, but I will certainly ask for my last one asap.

Interesting about the genetic test of your Mel. Q: What is the benefit of doing this?

FYI…I am in the Bay Area. What part of the country are you in?

 

Thx!

]]> 2bdcfc6e55362790489eb7d29b21cb23 MeganD replied to the topic 2 unchanged moles BOTH are melanoma in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/2-unchanged-moles-both-are-melanoma/#post-274242 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:53:52 -0500 Hi Danielle –

I very much appreciate your response and suggestion for purchasing a dermascope.

To answer your questions:

  • I have always had “higher risk” skin (> ave # of moles, dysplastic moles, very fair, sun “worshiping” when I was young) so my derm has always removed a mole here and there for many years at every visit. She literally walked…

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]]> 834f13a27250d25ace47e9dc4a2966b2 MeganD started the topic 2 unchanged moles BOTH are melanoma in the forum Cutaneous Melanoma Community https://forum.melanoma.org/forums/topic/2-unchanged-moles-both-are-melanoma/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:26:57 -0500 10 years ago my derm removed a smaller than a pencil eraser “ugly duckling” mole I had since I was a teenager. It had not changed in 30+ years. It turned out to be a thin melanoma. Fortunately it had 0 mitosis and no ulceration.

5 years ago, they found a melanoma in situ…same story..no change since I was a teenager.

Last week, 10 years after…Read more

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