egg-sized lump under armpit Posted: 06-11-07 08:32am
my father in law was diagnosed with
malignant melanoma a couple of weeks ago.
he woke up one morning and had a goose
egg-sized lump under his armpit. the
lymphnode was removed and the diagnosis is
mm. now, his upper arm is so pain
sensitive that can barely stand his shirt
touching it. the pain is needle-like and
does not get better.
also, he fell last week and scraped his
lower leg a little bit. however, from the
knee to the tip of his toes, the leg is
solid black and blue. could this severe
reaction have anything to do with the mm?
is delayed wound healing typical? he has
not started treatment yet and i really
cannot get any valid information out of
him. he does not even know which stage mm
he has! for some reason he either ignores
the diagnosis or just does not listen to
his doctor. his organs are fine and
supposedly, they do not know where the
cancer came from? can somebody give me
some insight on what is going on and what
to expect?
thanks
