-
diagnosis - DermTech
Hi All, A skin lesion developed a month ago. I had to wait for Dermatology appointment so I went for DermTech (non invasive diagnosis). The result came negative. A week later when I went to see dermatology doctor, he was asking be to do a biopsy to be sure. Nothing has changed during last one week. The lesion is flat and…
-
Melanoma removed from forearm
Hi, all. I was diagnosed with early onset melanoma last month, and had surgery last week to remove a coin-size piece of skin from my forearm. I am light skinned with freckles and noticed one freckle on my arm that was darker and getting bigger during the pandemic. Several friends pointed it out, and I had a doctor look at…
-
Anyone with ideas to help with the keytruda cough
hi, I am on my 3rd treatment of keytruda and my cough has gotten increasingly worse. I will go a couple hrs and just clear my throat a few times then the cough will return for hours..no rhyme or reason and it’s really getting to me. Several times the world started to go black from coughing so hard. Had a CT yesterday to…
-
New member. Metastasized Melanoma
Hi all My name is. Mark and about 3 years ago I had a time spot is Melanoma removed from my scalp. They said it was in the initial stage and very very small. Last month ago I found a walnut size lump on the left side of my neck. It was found to be metastasized Melanoma and was started on keytruda. After my 3rd treatment i…