Hi there,
I've just joined the community and I'm really not sure if I should be here or not!? I suppose it's a little bit of advice I'm after
I had an atypical mole removed from my left shin on 25th August. All went well and I wasn't worried about it at all. It was asymmetric, had different colours in, jagged edges, and it was growing. Very different to my other moles. Dermatology said the results of the biopsy should be through in two to three weeks. It'll be four weeks tomorrow! They did say they could take up to six weeks but I'm really hoping this isn't the case.
I'm not a worrier and 90% of the time I don't think about it but that pesky 10% I do! Unfortunately cancer is in my family on both sides. All kinds of things are now going through my mind which is silly as all could be OK. I find myself waiting for my phone to ring and rushing to the letter box to see if a letter has arrived! I do have my Dermatologist Secretaries phone number so I don't know whether to ring her, to see if she knows what's happening with the results? That's the reason I was given her number for.
Thanks in advance for listening,
Deborah
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