Experiences with

Choroidal melanoma

My sub category is Choroidal Melanoma. The benign form is called Choroidal Nevous. It can show up as a freckle in your Iris and can only be seen during an exam by eye dialation. Unfortunately, my Optometrist missed this for the past couple of years.

Hi, I'm 17 and 15 days ago I was diagnosed with melanoma. I wasn't told a stage, just that it was at the back of my eye and that I'd be getting plaque radiation treatment. On July 10 I go in for surgery but I'm terrified. I have to write this out because after reading on it I'm terrified I'll be dead

In July 2018 (last month), my mom was diagnosed with ocular melanoma of the choroidal. She also has end stage lung disease.

I was diagnosed at St Paul's Eye Research Unit at the Royal Liverpool Hospital with choroidal melanoma (eye cancer) in 1994 after being under frequent observation since 1978 thanks to an astute optician.