What are the symptoms for advanced Melinoma?

Question

I was diagnosised nine years ago with Melinoma, but I have never had it treated. I now have eight small tumors, and one of them is on my lower neck. The tumors have never turned into the sores that I have seen, but this last year I have been feeling weak, and having problems with nausa, and low fevers. I've had the low grade fevers for about two months. Over the last five months, I have difficulty remembering how to spell simple words, and I lose days. I got more concerned this week, because I lost four days. I have never lost that many days. My husband said that I seemed normal, but I don't remember it. I stopped driving about a year ago because I would get lost and not know where I was. Sometimes I could recover within minutes. Sometimes, I would have to call some one to come get me. This post is taking me for ever because I keep having to go back and fix my mistakes.
Is this being caused by the cancer?
Oh! and if it helps, I am in my low forties age wise

Answer 1

The symptoms you describe could indeed be melanoma metastases to the brain. I would suggest you seek immediate medical care, including CT and MRI scans.

Answer 2

Usually, melanoma treated early has a pretty high rate of complete remission. The time frames that you spoke of have allowed the Cancer to metastasize. This is bad news as this type of cance not only attacks the skin, but internal organs and the spine as well. You are going to have to get very aggressive treatment to have a chance. See an oncologist first thing Monday!!

Answer 3

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What are the symptoms for advanced Melinoma?
I was diagnosised nine years ago with Melinoma, but I have never had it treated. I now have eight small tumors, and one of them is on my lower neck. The tumors have never turned into the sores that I have seen, but this last year I have been feeling weak, and having problems with nausa, and low...

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Answer 5

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The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Melanoma includes those listed below. Note that Melanoma symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Melanoma signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor:

Melanoma can start in a mole or in normal skin
Unusual mole features
Change in a mole
Abnormal mole - e.g. an "ugly" mole
ABCD mole features - asymmetry, border, color and diameter.
Asymmetric mole - irregularly shaped mole
Mole edge irregularity
Mole color irregularity - the color of the mole is variable
Mole diameter - a large mole with a wide diameter
Growing mole
Newly pigmented skin area
Darkened area under nail

Malignant melanoma usually begins as a mottled, light brown to black flat blemish with irregular edges and is at least one-quarter inch in size. It can turn red, blue or white, or bleed and crust on the surface. (Source: excerpt from Skin Cancer: NWHIC)

Melanoma can occur on any skin surface. In men, it is often found on the trunk (the area from the shoulders to the hips) or the head and neck. In women, melanoma often develops on the lower legs. Melanoma is rare in black people and others with dark skin. When it does develop in dark-skinned people, it tends to occur under the fingernails or toenails, or on the palms or soles. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Melanoma: NCI)

Often, the first sign of melanoma is a change in the size, shape, color, or feel of an existing mole. Most melanomas have a black or blue-black area. Melanoma also may appear as a new, black, abnormal, or "ugly-looking" mole.

If you have a question or concern about something on your skin, do not use these pictures to try to diagnose it yourself. Pictures are useful examples, but they cannot take the place of a doctor's examination.

Thinking of "ABCD" can help you remember what to watch for:

Asymmetry -- The shape of one half does not match the other.



Border -- The edges are often ragged, notched, blurred, or irregular in outline; the pigment may spread into the surrounding skin.



Color -- The color is uneven. Shades of black, brown, and tan may be present. Areas of white, grey, red, pink, or blue also may be seen.



Diameter -- There is a change in size, usually an increase. Melanomas are usually larger than the eraser of a pencil (5 mm or 1/4 inch).



Melanomas can vary greatly in the ways they look. Many show all of the ABCD features. However, some may show changes or abnormalities in only one or two of the ABCD features.

Early melanomas may be found when a pre-existing mole changes slightly -- such as forming a new black area. Other frequent findings are newly formed fine scales or itching in a mole. In more advanced melanoma, the texture of the mole may change. For example, it may become hard or lumpy. Although melanomas may feel different and more advanced tumors may itch, ooze, or bleed, melanomas usually do not cause pain. (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Melanoma: NCI)


More symptoms of Melanoma: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of Melanoma, underlying causes of Melanoma, associated conditions for Melanoma, risk factors for Melanoma, or other related conditions.

Answer 6

Can I ask WHY you haven't been treated? You should definitely see a doctor, because that doesn't sound too good. It sounds like you are developing Alzheimer's disease to me.

Answer 7

http://www.skincarephysicians.com/skincancernet/hidden_melanomas.html

if that link helps any

That is sad to hear...it really is :(
I really don't know much about it but i was trying to find what i could

Answer 8

i don't know