Skin Cancer Anxiety

I am currently waiting for a phonecall next week to arrange an appointment to see a dermatoloigst at hospital as my GP referred me. although I am behind you in the process I am nervous and scared about being told its a cancerous mole. Did the derm take it off the first time they saw you?

Just forget about it until then, if it is cancerous it wont have spread to your organs yet it would have had alot more changes and the doctor wouldn't have said they dont think it is.

Technically all moles are a kind of cancer in a sense, theyre just not malignant... Sorry, that probably doesn't help...

If your doctor wasn't super worried about it, and they don't appear to have rushed your sample through since its taken a while for them to get back to you, I wouldn't be overly concerned. Plus, melanoma doesn't necessarily spread that much/ rapidly Treatments as simple as spreading on a cream can be used against it, and it may be that when they took the sample they removed most of it anyway if there was anything dangerous there.

Source: relative with skin cancer

How did ur mole change? Its the week of my birthday so its a piss take..

Oh no :/ but atleast its getting sorted. My mole is on my back which is a common place for melanoma to occur especially for males, I know you can get it anywhere but there are more likely places. Its the largest mole I have on my body and it seems to have gotten darker and bigger. Its about 6mm but the border is hard to explain its like got a different coloured border around it now which my GP said she is the thing she is definitely referring me for. Its also become raised. I feel stressed because they are taking their time with it and I just want to know what we will be doing with it. Apparently its meant to be within 2 weeks the referral but mine will be no where within that time limit. My GP said around 30 days but I havent even been called to arrange it yet so I am guessing that appointment will have gone now. The waiting is the worst.

I know its easy for me to say, try not to panic but if there were a big chance of you having melanoma, the dermatologist would have rushed your results through. You would have the results through within a day or two after your biopsy.

My partner's dad had a malignant melanoma on his arm recently. He is a builder so was working for years out in the sun so was no surprise he got it eventually. He got his biopsy on the Monday and had his results on the Wednesday as the doctor highly suspected he had it. His was quite big, the mole was about 1.5cm and despite all of that, he didn't need chemo or any more treatment at all. He just went back for more tests to make sure it hadn't spread and it turned out they cut all of it away and caught it early and now he just gets yearly checks to make sure no other moles have turned cancerous.

I would be panicking too. I'm the sort of person that assumes they are having a stroke when they just have a tension headache. Best of luck with your results.
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I know exactly how you feel, it took about three weeks for me to be referred to a dermatologist.. scariest moment of my life. I was told that a few weeks doesnt make a difference so try not to worry about it. if you cant control it then theres no point worrying about it. I know,easier said then done. Its all i have been thinking about for the last two weeks.. Im so scared they are gonna say it is cancerous but i know that if it is then the doctors can get rid of all of it. Dont google anything because it makes everything ten times worse. My dermatologist also said that moles sometimes change as we age, have you been sunburnt on your back? Stay strong. You got this.

Right okay, I am hoping its before the 7th sept but I doubt it now, I will just have to have the day off to go. Aw, hope you are okay and its all okay. I can imagine I have been thinking about it alot but I try to just think about other things until the time comes to think about it when I know of what is going to happen. If it is cancerous then it will be gone and you will be checked and monitored. Too late I have been googling and yes it makes it so much worse :/ yes I have been sunburnt on my back. Thank you! Good luck

if you ever need to talk you can message me, day or night i know you will be fine.

Hey everyone, thank you for your support I am pleased to announce that my mole is benign, non-cancerous. I am so happy and relieved. I was worrying so much and was convinced that it was melanoma!

Hey everyone, thank you for your support I am pleased to announce that my mole is benign, non-cancerous. I am so happy and relieved. I was worrying so much and was convinced that it was melanoma!

For future reference this is a really good thing to check before getting worried:

Aw pleased for you! You can be relaxed now

Thank you How are you holding up?