I had a mole removed last year which was diagnosed as Stage 1A, had the WLE and everything came back fine. I've had one of the all over body follow up checks and I've got my final one in a couple of weeks. I've got 2/3 moles that I mentioned last time that were checked with the dermascope and I was told were all fine. One in particular is not that far away from the original mole. I've recently found an old photo where that mole wasn't present although it was probably about 8 years ago, so its not one I've had from birth.
The problem is the one I had removed, was only removed after I had a private mole check which I paid for after my GP telling me it was fine. The first dermatology appointment with the NHS after the private check, the dermatologist said on it's own looking at it, she wouldn't have been concerned. Luckily I had a photo from a year previous and a current one where she could see there had been slight changes which is why they referred me to have it removed first for testing, before it did come back as Stage 1A melanoma.
It feels like this last appointment (they only give you two after stage 1 with dermatology before the route then becomes the same as everyone else again through the GP), is my "last chance" to kick up a fuss about this one that just doesn't "feel" right. I have a photo from six months ago and there doesn't seem to be any changes but after finding the one from a few years ago where it wasn't on my arm at all I'm feeling anxious. Obviously I will explain this when I have my appointment but short of continuing to take photos to compare every few months is there anything else I can do? I'm already a bit anxious as I have a lot of moles over my body of various shapes and sizes and whilst they tell you to take photos etc, for one I can't on my back and two there are so many it's hard to even figure out which one I'm comparing the photos too.
