Bianca1996
09-07-17, 10:05
Hi all,
I want to preface this by saying I am unable to see a doctor at the moment as I am in a foreign country so I am just looking for some advice or similar experiences to ease my mind.
I'm 20 years old and I've had a large mole on my right breast for as long as I can remember. My friend mentioned that she had a mole looked at and I started panicking about this mole, and I can't tell if it's always looked this weird.
It definitely fails the ABCDE test, but I don't think it has changed over time. It hasn't gotten any larger. It's bigger than a pencil eraser, but only slightly, has blurred and notched edges, and is slightly raised.
I am TERRIFIED that this is melanoma. I know that I am fairly young (although it's common in the young too), I don't have fair hair or eyes, and it's on a part of my body that has never ever been exposed to the sun. Still.
I had my mom look at it and she kind of brushed it off, saying some moles grow like that and she's had some herself, so I want to believe her and stop worrying.
I've literally worried about every cancer there is but this is the one that anxiety can't make up he symptoms. To make things worse, the lymph node on that side (or maybe just my breast because of PMS) feels super tender, and I'm beyond CONVINCED it has spread to stage 3.
Can anybody give me peace of mind? Are atypical moles like this common? Everywhere I look on google it diagnoses me with melanoma. I'm terrified, I haven't been eating or sleeping.
Thank you all for your help.
I want to preface this by saying I am unable to see a doctor at the moment as I am in a foreign country so I am just looking for some advice or similar experiences to ease my mind.
I'm 20 years old and I've had a large mole on my right breast for as long as I can remember. My friend mentioned that she had a mole looked at and I started panicking about this mole, and I can't tell if it's always looked this weird.
It definitely fails the ABCDE test, but I don't think it has changed over time. It hasn't gotten any larger. It's bigger than a pencil eraser, but only slightly, has blurred and notched edges, and is slightly raised.
I am TERRIFIED that this is melanoma. I know that I am fairly young (although it's common in the young too), I don't have fair hair or eyes, and it's on a part of my body that has never ever been exposed to the sun. Still.
I had my mom look at it and she kind of brushed it off, saying some moles grow like that and she's had some herself, so I want to believe her and stop worrying.
I've literally worried about every cancer there is but this is the one that anxiety can't make up he symptoms. To make things worse, the lymph node on that side (or maybe just my breast because of PMS) feels super tender, and I'm beyond CONVINCED it has spread to stage 3.
Can anybody give me peace of mind? Are atypical moles like this common? Everywhere I look on google it diagnoses me with melanoma. I'm terrified, I haven't been eating or sleeping.
Thank you all for your help.