Silverio25:
I had a ALM on my left heal as well. It was 2.1mm deep non ulcerated. The day of my surgery they also did a lymph node maping. Along with the excision they removed 4 lymph nodes from my groin and 3 of the 4 contained melanoma I was sent for my first of many brain MRI and Pet/Ct scans that came back clean the margins had been cleared so stage 3b. I had a full thickness skin graft on my heel the wound was about a tennis balls width, and was out of work for almost 3 months unable to walk on the foot.
They tested the melanoma prior to treatment which was supposed to be immunotherapy but it came back braf positive and I was put on targeted therapy (taf/mek. This journey began 2018 and although the physical scares have healed the mental ones have not it’s always on my mind.
