michelle wiggins

Thanks, I go for my next check-up in Feb.  My leg feels very odd, something that it has not felt like before, so I will let him know when I go.  =-)

Thanks, I go for my next check-up in Feb.  My leg feels very odd, something that it has not felt like before, so I will let him know when I go.  =-)

Thanks, I go for my next check-up in Feb.  My leg feels very odd, something that it has not felt like before, so I will let him know when I go.  =-)

Hmmm. Interesting!  They did a lymp node dissection on my groin, and besides the golf ball sized fluid filled sac that is STILL there almost a year later, I never, ever get any feeling there at all!  I do still get a swollen leg every night, but I think that it is something that I will probably always have.  I wear support knee socks, and it's not that bad compared to my scar pain and numbness!!  I was also diagnosed on Feb. 14th!  I was 2014 though…What an awful way to spend Valentine's Day!!

I remember going in for a biopsy to my primary care physician.  He looked at it and said it doesn't look bad.  Probably a basal cell carcinoma.  He said he could do the procedure right in the doctor's office.  Then, my hubby and I were going to a black tie gala on Valentine's Day, and I got the call to come in right away.  I told my doc that I don't need to come in, I will just make an appt. for the procedure next week.  He said no, I need you to come in.  For some reason, it STILL didn't click with me!  I was like, if he thinks I am getting this basal cell thing done today, he is crazy!  Then, when he told me it was malignant melanoma, and that I would be going to a cancer center 3 hours away, it was like I was in shock!!  We still went to the ball, but it is still like I was having a dream!  I don't remember much about the evening except that I was determined to have a good time, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking "Oh my God, I have cancer!"  It's good to find a place like this to talk to others who are going through similar situations.  I'm praying for you that your new treatment is a success!

Hmmm. Interesting!  They did a lymp node dissection on my groin, and besides the golf ball sized fluid filled sac that is STILL there almost a year later, I never, ever get any feeling there at all!  I do still get a swollen leg every night, but I think that it is something that I will probably always have.  I wear support knee socks, and it's not that bad compared to my scar pain and numbness!!  I was also diagnosed on Feb. 14th!  I was 2014 though…What an awful way to spend Valentine's Day!!

I remember going in for a biopsy to my primary care physician.  He looked at it and said it doesn't look bad.  Probably a basal cell carcinoma.  He said he could do the procedure right in the doctor's office.  Then, my hubby and I were going to a black tie gala on Valentine's Day, and I got the call to come in right away.  I told my doc that I don't need to come in, I will just make an appt. for the procedure next week.  He said no, I need you to come in.  For some reason, it STILL didn't click with me!  I was like, if he thinks I am getting this basal cell thing done today, he is crazy!  Then, when he told me it was malignant melanoma, and that I would be going to a cancer center 3 hours away, it was like I was in shock!!  We still went to the ball, but it is still like I was having a dream!  I don't remember much about the evening except that I was determined to have a good time, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking "Oh my God, I have cancer!"  It's good to find a place like this to talk to others who are going through similar situations.  I'm praying for you that your new treatment is a success!

Hmmm. Interesting!  They did a lymp node dissection on my groin, and besides the golf ball sized fluid filled sac that is STILL there almost a year later, I never, ever get any feeling there at all!  I do still get a swollen leg every night, but I think that it is something that I will probably always have.  I wear support knee socks, and it's not that bad compared to my scar pain and numbness!!  I was also diagnosed on Feb. 14th!  I was 2014 though…What an awful way to spend Valentine's Day!!

I remember going in for a biopsy to my primary care physician.  He looked at it and said it doesn't look bad.  Probably a basal cell carcinoma.  He said he could do the procedure right in the doctor's office.  Then, my hubby and I were going to a black tie gala on Valentine's Day, and I got the call to come in right away.  I told my doc that I don't need to come in, I will just make an appt. for the procedure next week.  He said no, I need you to come in.  For some reason, it STILL didn't click with me!  I was like, if he thinks I am getting this basal cell thing done today, he is crazy!  Then, when he told me it was malignant melanoma, and that I would be going to a cancer center 3 hours away, it was like I was in shock!!  We still went to the ball, but it is still like I was having a dream!  I don't remember much about the evening except that I was determined to have a good time, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking "Oh my God, I have cancer!"  It's good to find a place like this to talk to others who are going through similar situations.  I'm praying for you that your new treatment is a success!

Yes, I always rub my scar.  It is still quite painful, even though it will be a year in February!  I have not noticed any changes, and I am constantly doing self checks…so far, so good!!  I couldn't understand what my doctor told me about recurrence.  I couldn't tell if he said I have a 45% chance of recurrence, or a 4-5% chance.  After reading your profile that said a 6% chance, I am assuming it was the 4-5% chance that he said!!  My leg still swells every night, and I think that I am just going to have chronic lymphandema from the lymph node biopsy.  I'm not complaining though, that is a small price to pay for what could have ended up being much worse!!!

Yes, I always rub my scar.  It is still quite painful, even though it will be a year in February!  I have not noticed any changes, and I am constantly doing self checks…so far, so good!!  I couldn't understand what my doctor told me about recurrence.  I couldn't tell if he said I have a 45% chance of recurrence, or a 4-5% chance.  After reading your profile that said a 6% chance, I am assuming it was the 4-5% chance that he said!!  My leg still swells every night, and I think that I am just going to have chronic lymphandema from the lymph node biopsy.  I'm not complaining though, that is a small price to pay for what could have ended up being much worse!!!

Yes, I always rub my scar.  It is still quite painful, even though it will be a year in February!  I have not noticed any changes, and I am constantly doing self checks…so far, so good!!  I couldn't understand what my doctor told me about recurrence.  I couldn't tell if he said I have a 45% chance of recurrence, or a 4-5% chance.  After reading your profile that said a 6% chance, I am assuming it was the 4-5% chance that he said!!  My leg still swells every night, and I think that I am just going to have chronic lymphandema from the lymph node biopsy.  I'm not complaining though, that is a small price to pay for what could have ended up being much worse!!!

Thanks for the comment!  I probably have the same feeling!  I call it numb, because ultimately, it is numb, but it is actually a very odd sensation that I cannot describe.  It also tends to STILL hurt!  CRAZY!  And, my groin still has a golf ball like fluid filled sac that never went away.. I had it drained 4 times in the beginning, and my primary doc said the rest should go away on its own.  It still hasn't.  At my last Cancer Center check-up, back in August, the doctor said (about my lymph node that still feels like a golf ball) "hmmm…that's not good" and I said…"Is it bad?"  and he said…"no, it's not bad, but it's not good either!"  What the heck does that mean!  I think I am going to be one of those people who have chronic lymphandema (swelling), probably for the rest of my life.  It's not too bad, I wear support knee highs, and it's certainly better than the alternative!!

Thanks for the comment!  I probably have the same feeling!  I call it numb, because ultimately, it is numb, but it is actually a very odd sensation that I cannot describe.  It also tends to STILL hurt!  CRAZY!  And, my groin still has a golf ball like fluid filled sac that never went away.. I had it drained 4 times in the beginning, and my primary doc said the rest should go away on its own.  It still hasn't.  At my last Cancer Center check-up, back in August, the doctor said (about my lymph node that still feels like a golf ball) "hmmm…that's not good" and I said…"Is it bad?"  and he said…"no, it's not bad, but it's not good either!"  What the heck does that mean!  I think I am going to be one of those people who have chronic lymphandema (swelling), probably for the rest of my life.  It's not too bad, I wear support knee highs, and it's certainly better than the alternative!!

Thanks for the comment!  I probably have the same feeling!  I call it numb, because ultimately, it is numb, but it is actually a very odd sensation that I cannot describe.  It also tends to STILL hurt!  CRAZY!  And, my groin still has a golf ball like fluid filled sac that never went away.. I had it drained 4 times in the beginning, and my primary doc said the rest should go away on its own.  It still hasn't.  At my last Cancer Center check-up, back in August, the doctor said (about my lymph node that still feels like a golf ball) "hmmm…that's not good" and I said…"Is it bad?"  and he said…"no, it's not bad, but it's not good either!"  What the heck does that mean!  I think I am going to be one of those people who have chronic lymphandema (swelling), probably for the rest of my life.  It's not too bad, I wear support knee highs, and it's certainly better than the alternative!!