Scared99
08-01-16, 21:49
I am new to the forum and currently have had a pretty intense anxiety over Melanoma. In April of this year I discovered a slightly raised purplish/pinkish mole above my knee. I kept an eye on it and the thing created a ton of anxiety for me.
I made an appointment for a Dermatologist in July of this year. She did a check of all my moles. Took a quick look at the one on my knee and said that is normal. She biopsied one on my lower back and it came back a very low grade of atypical.
I sort of forgot about that mole until December. I was working out and the light hit the mole again and I started to focus on it. It looked slightly more redish and my ocd kicked in. I began feeling the mole and rubbing it... within a few days a piece of skin came off the mole. I began to freak out and made another derm appointment. Two weeks ago I went to another dermatologist and he did a body scan. I showed him the mole and he examined it for awhile. He asked me if it had changed since I first noticed it and I said I do not know. I said at times it looks bigger and badder when my anxiety is high and at other times it looks harmless. He asked if it itches or is painful and I said no. He looked at it through a magnifying glass with a light and told is assistant it was a benign nevus. He measured it and took a picture of it for the next appointment. He said he wants to see me in a year.
Since then ( I do not know if it is my mind playing tricks on me) But I feel a sting and some itching every so often in the area. I started googling online and found stories of people who's melanoma's were not diagnosed at first and by the time they were it was too late. I am now freaking out again and getting sick over the thought of having melanoma.
I made a third appointment with another derm next week and am telling him to remove it and test it. I have myself convinced this is melanoma and that this was missed in July and my appointment two weeks ago.
My concern stems from the fact that this is the only raised mole on my body. My other moles are dark dark brown and flat. This mole is also perfectly round and is a different color from the other moles. Plus the skin came off this mole at one time. I am hoping someone can chime in and let me know if they have ever had something similar.
I made an appointment for a Dermatologist in July of this year. She did a check of all my moles. Took a quick look at the one on my knee and said that is normal. She biopsied one on my lower back and it came back a very low grade of atypical.
I sort of forgot about that mole until December. I was working out and the light hit the mole again and I started to focus on it. It looked slightly more redish and my ocd kicked in. I began feeling the mole and rubbing it... within a few days a piece of skin came off the mole. I began to freak out and made another derm appointment. Two weeks ago I went to another dermatologist and he did a body scan. I showed him the mole and he examined it for awhile. He asked me if it had changed since I first noticed it and I said I do not know. I said at times it looks bigger and badder when my anxiety is high and at other times it looks harmless. He asked if it itches or is painful and I said no. He looked at it through a magnifying glass with a light and told is assistant it was a benign nevus. He measured it and took a picture of it for the next appointment. He said he wants to see me in a year.
Since then ( I do not know if it is my mind playing tricks on me) But I feel a sting and some itching every so often in the area. I started googling online and found stories of people who's melanoma's were not diagnosed at first and by the time they were it was too late. I am now freaking out again and getting sick over the thought of having melanoma.
I made a third appointment with another derm next week and am telling him to remove it and test it. I have myself convinced this is melanoma and that this was missed in July and my appointment two weeks ago.
My concern stems from the fact that this is the only raised mole on my body. My other moles are dark dark brown and flat. This mole is also perfectly round and is a different color from the other moles. Plus the skin came off this mole at one time. I am hoping someone can chime in and let me know if they have ever had something similar.