Hello,
In mid 2020 i noticed a mole growing on the face (right cheek). It was itchy and bleed very badly if I caught it. Due to Covid I couldn't see the GP face to face, so sent images and had a phone appointment. The GP didn't think there was anything to worry about, so I left it until Jan this year. This time the GP refereed me to the hospital.
I saw the dermatologist who confirmed straight away they thought it was cancer. I had a biopsy in Feb and waited for the results. I had a look at images similar to my mole and thought it was probably a basal cell cancer. I was very shocked to be told it was a Nodular malignant melanoma. I've seen the consultant who said it's a stage 2 cancer but could change depending on the results after the WLE and SNB.
I've got the surgery this week and have no idea what I'll look like after 'facial reconstruction' I'm sure it sounds worse than It is, well that's I keep telling myself. Any experience of this would be very useful if anyone is willing to share.
More importantly, it's the still not knowing if its spread, that's what I'm worrying about all the time. Everything I've read says that it needs to caught early to get good results, I've been living with mine for a couple of years, so naturally very concerned it would have spread.
Any advise would be appreciated
