so, i went to the dermatologist today and showed her a bunch of moles that are really concerning me. she didn't seem overly concerned, but didn't brush them off either (i guess that's a good thing?).... bottom line, she's gonna remove 4 of them next tuesday. she's doing a shave though, not surgery- has anyone ever had that, and does that get the skin cancer cells if they happen to be in there? she also said that the color might come back if she doesn't get all of the cells in the shave (unless, god forbid, there is cancer found in which case they'll have to go back in via surgery to get it all). i'm not nervous at all for the scars or the pain or whatever, i'm just anxious about the whole thing. i hate that i ahve to wait a whole week to just get them removed, and then i have to wait a whole while after that to get pathology results. this is just a horrid process, isn't it? has anyone had any experience with this that they can share? thinking about the whole thing just makes me sick, and i can't imagine all the waiting i'm going to have to do. it is going to be like torture. thank you for any help you can provide!