Hi everyone. Still in the very early days of trying to make sense of the situation - any advice gratefully received.
My wife recently paid to visit a private clinic to get some moles assessed, after her previous GP had said there was no problem.
They have assessed one mole as potentially a melanoma, and said she needs to see a specialist urgently and have it tested/removed. Our new GP agrees and has made an urgent NHS referral, but waiting times in our area are beyond the hoped for two week period, and my wife is very worried.
My question is this. If we paid to go back to the clinic and got them to do the testing/removal, if it gets diagnosed as cancerous and more complicated e.g. if the cancer has started to spread, can she go back to the NHS for the further treatment she would need? We don't have private health insurance and while we can just about afford the cost for the test/removal, we certainly couldn't afford longer term private treatment.
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
Alan
Hi , nice to hear from you again.
That's good news that they don't think your lesion is a melanoma!
Don't forget to ask when you go for your biopsies how long the results are currently taking and how they will communicate them to you.
Do come back and let me know how you both get on.
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Hi
I was just wondering how you and your wife got on when you had your lesions removed. Have you had the results back yet?
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
