Hello,
This is not my first time here but I guess I just wanted to get my thoughts down. Also, I have found it difficult to find any posts similar to my situation.
In around November 2023, after a new tattoo I noticed a mole on my back. I kind of forgot about it and in December 2024 I started feeling a 'crawling'type feeling on my back on the same side as the mole. I got my son to touch the mole and that is exactly where the crawly feeling was. It also tingles and I've noticed that sometimes after eating I feel a tingling sensation, almost like I'm feeding something.
I went to the GP who said that the mole has different colours in it so is referring me. I have an appointment on Wednesday but this is just for the photograph thing (sorry for the non-technical wording!).
The concern for me is when I looked through old photographs, it definitely ws not there in 2019, but it definitely was there in 2021, although it was a little smaller. However, pictures are not necessarily the best as the only one I could find was from a distance so I had to enlarge the image to see it.
I guess my biggest fear now is that if it is melanoma as suspected, how advanced would it be if I've left it for that many years. I am black, but fair skinned so I know it’s not necessarily as common in my ethnicity. I do have freckles on my face and I also now have a lot of very small freckles on my back and I'm guessing this larger one (around 5mm) may have started as a freckle looking mole. As it is on my back I cannot really see it so well, even with a handheld mirror so am relying on other people or photographs to see it.
I am absolutely terrified that I have allowed this thing to evolve and even though I only first noticed it in 2023, it has been growing over a number of years. I also know that the size on the skin is not indicative of what is happening underneath the skin.
The mole is flat and light and dry dark brown in places.
I guess I'm asking if anyone else has been through a similar situation and if so what was the outcome for you?
update: 5/2/25 - I had my tele-dermatology appointment today. The lady who took the photos was unable to tell me anything as she said she’s not a doctor. She said I should hear back within 2 weeks but I got an email this evening saying I need to go in for an urgent face to face to make a full diagnosis. On the diagnosis section it says ‘not specified’. I am now supper freaked out as I wasn’t expecting to hear anything on the same day. Also as this mole has been on my back since at least 2021, that’s a long time which has me thinking it may have spread and I’m on my way out. I also have a lingering head that just won’t go away but I’m not sure whether the stress and anxiety is the cause or whether it’s a sign that it is in my brain
I don’t really have anyone to speak to about this and I can’t tell my children right now either.
So sorry! Thanks for reading.
