Hi this is my first post. I went in last week, February 23, for a suspicious (to me) mole to be biopsied that has continued to grow, raise, and become itchy throughout the last 2 months. This mole on my scalp has always been rather large but it is now 15mm. It also has a cousin mole on the exact opposite side of my head but much smaller at 7mm and less disfugured (One above each ear). I also had a grandma die of Melanoma at 40 and my other grandma had stage 1 Melanoma as well as one of my aunts.
A little back story… My primary thought it might be a seborrehic keratoses and said she would remove it if a dermatologist thought the same. She told me if I got a call from derm then they think it's something else and would call me in a week. They called me an hour later telling me I needed to make an appt w/ derm. So I did. The morning of the 23rd I got a call saying the derm was out sick and I could reschedule w/ him for March 7th (heck no) or I could see someone that day but a different person. I went in, I was a little disappointed it was a PA and not an MD. She said my mole looked perfectly fine (then why am I in here if you've already seen the pictures??) she told me she would biopsy it if it made me feel better so I said, take that sucker to the lab. She did a shave biopsy, I didn't find out till later that this is a little controversial for possible melanomas, and she didn't even tell me what it was until I had to ask when she was about to shave a small part of it off. It has now been a week, how long she said it would take, and I can not get a hold of her or my primary! I am so frustrated. This is my life they are messing with.
I'm sorry this process has not been a good one for you so far. Waiting for biopsy results can be nerve wracking. When I had mine biopsied I didn't hear back from the derm for 2 weeks… she told me it was because they sent it to a second lab for a second opinion which is why it took twice as long as usual, but they never let me know why. Thankfully I wasn't too worried since I did not expect to get a bad result. (I was wrong). My primary also thought I had a seborrehic keratosis and she didn't refer me to a derm.. I just took her word for it. Didn't see a derm until 6 months later for a totally different issue. There's no history of melanoma in my family, so I wasn't as diligent or informed as you are and I am so glad you got in to see a derm and have them biopsy it no matter what your primary said! If you call the dermatology office, no one is able to tell you if results of your biopsy are back yet? I am sending positive vibes your way hoping it will be good news for you and you don't have to deal with more stress!
I'm sorry this process has not been a good one for you so far. Waiting for biopsy results can be nerve wracking. When I had mine biopsied I didn't hear back from the derm for 2 weeks… she told me it was because they sent it to a second lab for a second opinion which is why it took twice as long as usual, but they never let me know why. Thankfully I wasn't too worried since I did not expect to get a bad result. (I was wrong). My primary also thought I had a seborrehic keratosis and she didn't refer me to a derm.. I just took her word for it. Didn't see a derm until 6 months later for a totally different issue. There's no history of melanoma in my family, so I wasn't as diligent or informed as you are and I am so glad you got in to see a derm and have them biopsy it no matter what your primary said! If you call the dermatology office, no one is able to tell you if results of your biopsy are back yet? I am sending positive vibes your way hoping it will be good news for you and you don't have to deal with more stress!
I'm sorry this process has not been a good one for you so far. Waiting for biopsy results can be nerve wracking. When I had mine biopsied I didn't hear back from the derm for 2 weeks… she told me it was because they sent it to a second lab for a second opinion which is why it took twice as long as usual, but they never let me know why. Thankfully I wasn't too worried since I did not expect to get a bad result. (I was wrong). My primary also thought I had a seborrehic keratosis and she didn't refer me to a derm.. I just took her word for it. Didn't see a derm until 6 months later for a totally different issue. There's no history of melanoma in my family, so I wasn't as diligent or informed as you are and I am so glad you got in to see a derm and have them biopsy it no matter what your primary said! If you call the dermatology office, no one is able to tell you if results of your biopsy are back yet? I am sending positive vibes your way hoping it will be good news for you and you don't have to deal with more stress!
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