Hi everyone! Lots of well wishes to you all on your big C journey. I'm here because I've just had (3 days ago) a wide local excision of a very scary looking (abcde rule positive for all 5 rules) lesion that a dermatologist and a gynaecological oncologist suspect to be vulvar mucosal melanoma. The wide local excision also removed a further 6 lesions, albeit less scary looking (still abcde positive for these 6 too though), that were very close to the main lesion. I've a long list of other symptoms too, not just those 7 lesions. So I'm here obviously because I'm terrified having looked up this specific big C and realising it's rather ruthless to say the least, but mainly because I've just received a message on my NHS app, confirming my follow up appointment with my gynaecological oncologist, for August 12th; 3 weeks today. My mind is racing wondering does the confirmed appointment mean that the results are in, and 3 weeks doesn't seem too urgent so does that indicate good news? Or is this standard and the results won't be in yet they'll be just expected to be back ready to give me to me, come 3 weeks time? It's only been 4 days since they cut it all out, is that enough time to be added to the queue of samples awaiting testing and to be all done and dusted with testing? I'm trying to convince myself the results are in, they're positive, and they're not rushing to let me know. Surely 4 days post op is too soon for testing results MDT report to oncologist to all be completed? Am I setting myself up for a big shock if that's not how these things work? Please thanks any advide.
