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 welcome to the melanoma group
Waiting for results of your biopsy is without doubt a very difficult situation to deal with. Everyone in this group has gone through this and we probably all had different ways of dealing with it. If you read my profile you'll see that I wasn't expecting to be told I had melanoma so I wasn't anxious waiting for my results. My waiting for results revolved around waiting to find out if the cancer had spread.
Lots of people, me included, immersed themselves in hobbies and pastimes to stop our brains wandering too much on to the 'what ifs'. Others threw themselves into their work or spent lots of time with friends, more difficult to do at present. Quite a few people have tried mindfulness apps and, if this is something you might like to try, clicking on this link will take you to the NHS mental health website with suggested apps, some of which are free.
Do you know roughly when you should get your results? Between now and then if there's anything you want to ask, please feel free as we have a vast range of experience between us.
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
Hi , welcome to the online community and of course it’s ok to be here while you wait to see if you get the all clear. Nobody knows that the results will be until the biopsy comes back, and the wait and uncertainty can be really difficult/ annoying/ frustrating/ worrying/ or insert emotion here !
Melanoma or possible melanoma is always treated as urgent and even though it’s removed by the time you actually get the all clear or diagnosis it can still feel difficult, so your not alone. I’m hoping voicing your concern helps, I know it helps me when I’m in a blip, it just gets the thoughts out of my head, and in writing you can read it back and see how your coping.
Your post to me said you’ve been in a bit of a whirlwind, and with 3 small kids and with the extra pressures of lockdown your coherent post suggests you’re doing well. It’s very natural to go down the negative route, I hope you can hit that and then build yourself up again to being more positive, that it’s been removed and that you can handle any next step. Just sometimes it’s best not to contemplate the next step until you need to think about it, other times you want to know everything so you feel more in charge. There are plenty of people to help with what’s next if you need it and plenty to help with how they cope.
Virtual hug on its way 
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Take care KT
Hi
I'm just checking in with you to see how you are and whether you've had the results of the biopsy yet?
I'm hoping that as we haven't heard from you it didn't turn out to be melanoma.
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
