View Full Version : Moles / freckles / melanoma ... Pls help 😔
Hi
I've never posted here before but I've read for years . I'm a cyberchondriac. Every day I'm worrying about something new ! It takes over my life and I can't think about anything else. I went to the doctors about 2 moles just last week and was told they look fine, however after reading about melanoma and googling I've noticed a mole/freckle on my belly. There's 2 they've been there as long as I can remember but I've never looked closely , however now I'm scrutinising them I've noticed the top one looks like 2 small moles ( about the size of a pencil end the tip not eraser ) very slightly raised . They look like they may be on a freckle but I'm not sure it's so small and in an awkward place I'm getting a headache looking !! But I'm not sure if they were always two or not ? Or if it even is 2 or is it just the shape / pigment ? They are causing me no pain etc . I have a photo of my stomach taken when I was pregnant 4 years ago, a photo last year and one today ( these were not taken for the purpose of the moles just general photos I've gone back and looked for ! I also have a close up taken on the skin vision app where u can't even see the two dots . I don't think it's grown but could someone have a look and tell me what you think please I'm going insane here :scared15: the other pics are in comments X
I uploaded the pic of the mole and it on my belly when I was pregnant I'll now upload the pic a year ago above this pic is close up of mole today X
Ok it's not working with posting photos the one anove is the mole , the pic I'm gonna post now is of a grey top that's today the one with black top is last year . It's the top mole in all pics and my weight has changed X
Final pic !! ( can't get the hang of posting pics ! ) is today X
If you've been reading here, you know there is a member currently suffering with fears like yours and posting pics as well. I'm not even going to look as you were told by a doctor it's nothing and then self diagnosed yourself on Dr. Google. Besides, no one can diagnose here based on a photo of a freckle/mole.
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TattooArtist
03-07-17, 18:50
If you are very concerned, go in to a dermatologist for a "skin check". Very helpful. Healthy people often them every 2 years, or more frequently if they notice a change in a mole. They biopsy and remove everything they aren't sure about, even if it turns out to be benign most of the time. That should go a long way to quell your concerns. After you've checked, you need to not worry about it at all until next year comes up, unless you have a mole that's changing.
If you've been reading here, you know there is a member currently suffering with fears like yours and posting pics as well. I'm not even going to look as you were told by a doctor it's nothing and then self diagnosed yourself on Dr. Google. Besides, no one can diagnose here based on a photo of a freckle/mole.
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I second what Fishmanpa says. I never even look at body part posts. Why would I want to? No-one here has a clue how to diagnose anything, and why would a bunch of internet randoms know better than a trained professional?
In fact most of us are on this forum because we're rubbish at diagnosing ourselves and flying into a panic at tiny things, so we're probably the worst people in the world to consult.
Learning to trust expertise is just one of the steps to beating this thing.
I haven't been told by a doctor it's nothing I haven't shown a doctor xx
I haven't been told by a doctor it's nothing I haven't shown a doctor xx
I went to the doctors about 2 moles just last week and was told they look fine
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worryingmum
03-07-17, 20:00
Hi :)
As the others have said we aren't doctors but just my opinion, for what its worth, it doesn't look like the pictures I have seen of melanoma. Melanoma moles grow very quickly and change v quickly (I was told this by a doctor who specialises in dermatology). They also tend to be dark in colour which from what I can see yours are not. They also look distinctive, which again I do not think yours do i.e. yours look small, don't look jagged etc and you haven't mentioned any crusting, bleeding or itching? Also you can grow new moles until the age of 30 and that is perfectly normal.
Try not to stress about this too much but if you feel they have changed by all means go and check with your doctor.
Kay
Thank you.
Yeah I went the week before about 2 different moles. Moles are this weeks worry , it all led from my son getting sunburnt , blistered , a depression for thinking he's now doomed to get skin cancer , googling melanoma then looking at mine. The second I came out of the doctors when I found out those other 2 moles were OK I got home and started examining others .
Before that , I was obsessively checking for lumps in my breast , convinced myself I found one and went to get checked . I got my smear appointment through , googled cervical cancer symptoms and convinced myself I had it and worried sick until I got the results . Oh and then it was checking the eyes in photos of my children for signs of neuroblastoma. It never stops ... I hate living like this xx
Thank you.
Yeah I went the week before about 2 different moles. Moles are this weeks worry , it all led from my son getting sunburnt , blistered , a depression for thinking he's now doomed to get skin cancer , googling melanoma then looking at mine. The second I came out of the doctors when I found out those other 2 moles were OK I got home and started examining others .
Before that , I was obsessively checking for lumps in my breast , convinced myself I found one and went to get checked . I got my smear appointment through , googled cervical cancer symptoms and convinced myself I had it and worried sick until I got the results . Oh and then it was checking the eyes in photos of my children for signs of neuroblastoma. It never stops ... I hate living like this xx
At least you're recognising a pattern there - allow that "oh, here we go again" thought to happen when you have a fear, and help you realise that in "I'm scared I have X", the "X" is totally arbitrary and the thought is a symptom of the thing you know you do have - anxiety.
Are you getting any help for your anxiety?
Thought I had posted this ! But thank you for the replies. I didn't go to the doctors about this mole it was 2 others ... But I came out and my paranoid mind obviously wasn't satisfied to have been given reassurance and started obsessing about another mole. This all stemmed from my son getting sunburn blisters despite sun cream and I have been worrying he's doomed now then reading about melanoma I started checking my own moles and led me here . If I go to the doctors again I'll just probably start obsessing about another or go back to obsessing about my son .
The past few months alone I've felt a lump ( well it was a normal part of my breast ) and gone to get it checked ( was normal ) I had my smear letter , just from getting the reminder I convinced myself I had cervical cancer symptoms ( came back normal ) had a few dizzy spells convinced myself I had leukaemia ( it was vit d deficiency ) and read a story about neuroblastoma and led me to scrutinise their eyes in every photo I could find ! It never stops and I hate living like this 😔Xx
worryingmum
03-07-17, 20:31
LOl Goohaa you sound like me:) I've just had my letter to book my smear and pure panic! will be on edge until its done and results are back. Also the breast worry is a massive one for me, I honestly have lost count of the amount of times I have been to the drs for a breast check. I then swear I will do better and be sensible but no I check them a few days later and convince myself I have found something new (although my husband tells me this isn't the case and it was there before)....a completely exhausting nightmare! My current fear is ovarian/colon... I've got an ultrasound booked at the end of the month, i've been a wreck. Do you have much support at home?
ps. worries about the kids, now that's a whole new thing it never ends the amount of times I have taken them to the drs for this or that honestly :blush:
Oh I had already posted lol ��
I was on propranolol but I stopped them a few months back , but I never really noticed how much my anxiety was to do with health as I worry about everything ... But now I'm off them and looking back when I worry about small things ... There's always something in the background like me worrying about my health and that I'm gonna be taken from my children or their health and worrying they will be taken from me. I have finally got to a happy point in terms of s happy relationship , great friends , and it's like I can't be happy I feel like somethings going to happen which is where I'm at now X
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LOl Goohaa you sound like me:) I've just had my letter to book my smear and pure panic! will be on edge until its done and results are back. Also the breast worry is a massive one for me, I honestly have lost count of the amount of times I have been to the drs for a breast check. I then swear I will do better and be sensible but no I check them a few days later and convince myself I have found something new (although my husband tells me this isn't the case and it was there before)....a completely exhausting nightmare! My current fear is ovarian/colon... I've got an ultrasound booked at the end of the month, i've been a wreck. Do you have much support at home?
ps. worries about the kids, now that's a whole new thing it never ends the amount of times I have taken them to the drs for this or that honestly :blush:
You are me !! Lol .... And do you feel like " I will be the one it happens to , definetly .. And then I will say see my worrying was right" but it's not 🙈 Statistics of what we worry about give us a low chance of it happening and Google will show the worst case because that's what Is talked about online ! Here I am giving advice I don't take !
Not really suppprt / I could have it but I keep it to myself xx
worryingmum
03-07-17, 20:40
Again I can relate alot. My biggest fear is leaving my children. My health anxiety started after the birth of my first.
My grandad died a couple of weeks ago (we were very close) of terminal lung cancer since then my anxiety unsurprisingly has got a lot worse. x
Again I can relate alot. My biggest fear is leaving my children. My health anxiety started after the birth of my first.
My grandad died a couple of weeks ago (we were very close) of terminal lung cancer since then my anxiety unsurprisingly has got a lot worse. x
Sorry to hear that 😢 Yes my anxiety started after the birth of my son 10 years ago xx
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