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sonya
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:01 am    Post subject: melanoma operation Reply with quote
Had a 1.35mm melanoma removed in feb 07, then had sentinal and surrounding lymph nodes removed from 3 areas, doc is talking about agressive surgury after finding two areas posative, am wondering if anyone can help me find pictures so i can understand more what agressive surgury will do to me, thanks heaps sonyakeddam@yahoo.com.au Question Question
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Jim_Hall
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:24 pm    Post subject: Re: melanoma operation Reply with quote
Sonya, I'm not quite sure what the doc means by agressive surgery. I suggest you to post your question at: http://www.mpip.org if you haven't already. There is a lot more activity there.
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rlee
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:46 pm    Post subject: Aggressive surgery Reply with quote
I'm not exactly sure either, but there are two possible avenues your surgeon might be considering. One is taking a bigger margin around the primary site, many people do a 2cm margin. Second might be to do further lymph node dissection to try to remove any possible areas of recurrence. This may mean removing 10-15 lymph nodes. Talk with the surgeon before agreeing on a treatment plan. Best wishes,
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sonya
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:44 pm    Post subject: Re: melanoma operation Reply with quote
Thanks guys Surprised)
Since i posted that message a nurse from the sydney melanoma clinic has called me and asked if id like to talk with a man that has had the operation already. which i think will help me to decide if i should go ahead with the operation or not
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rlee
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:26 pm    Post subject: Re: melanoma operation Reply with quote
Good luck and let us know what you learn and decide.
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