Hi to anyone who reads this, I hope you are having a good day. I really hope it is ok to post here as I have not been diagnosed just waiting for results and looking for a little bit of support. I am 32 year old female and last May I came back from holiday and noticed I had a little lump on my leg just below my knee, just skin coloured so I thought it was maybe away to be a spot. Anyway over a month or a few months it grew to about 1cm and turned very pink looking. I had put off going to doctors as thought it would go away on its own and when I noticed it wasn’t going away I got too scared. I have three young children and decided I really needed to get it checked so I called my doctors who told me to send them pictures of it with a ruler next to it, which I did. Doctor called back and said it was nothing to worry about but would send it to Dermatology anyway. Within half an hour of getting off phone, dermatology called wanting to see me the following day which surprised me. I went to my appointment and consultant told me she wanted it off there and then. That was just over 2 weeks ago so I’m just waiting on my results. Just really worried as I don’t have very many moles. Sorry this is so long.
Hi and a very warm welcome to the online community
Everyone here will know how horrible waiting for results is as we've all been through it. Could I suggest that you join us over in the melanoma group, not because I think that is what your pink lump will turn out to be, but because there you can get support from those of us who have been through this and also talk to others who, like you, are waiting for results.
To join just click on the link I've created and then choose 'join this group' on the page that opens. You can then introduce yourself and post questions after selecting 'start a discussion' and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
When you have a minute it, it would be really useful if you could pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Edit Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
I'll keep an eye out for you joining the group.
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Yes, just copy and paste into a new post in the group. It'll save you typing it all out again.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
