Within a few weeks of the COVID shots I had noticed a congenital mole on my left calf starting to change. This was a mole I was told would never cause me problems and that it was just ugly. I continued to watch it for a few weeks until I reached out to my doctor in May 2021 and I was diagnosed with melanoma in June. I had SLNB and then WLE surgery with clear margins. As a result of the lymph node testing I was left with severe lymphedema in the left leg which is still problematic. I have since had more melanoma – forehead in-situ and then the original calf melanoma spread as in-transit melanoma to my shin in 2023. Now stage 3b. I now have a 4th melanoma on my back that I have WLE for next week.