carriewriting
05-04-21, 09:09
I honestly was starting to feel like I'd turned the corner with my health anxiety this past week, but today I've been plunged back into panic after noticing a dark spot on my daughter's back.
She's 21, very fair skinned and has always stayed out of the sun. I don't think she's ever been sunburnt. She doesn't even have any freckles on her back, that's why today when she was wearing a dress with an open back I noticed this spot straight away. It stands out so vividly.
It's dark brown, raised, with a bit of pink around it and is about half the size of a pencil eraser.
I am consumed with fear about it. Good old zero to catastrophe strikes again.
Luckily my skin doctor has an appointment tomorrow so she's getting it checked out straight away.
My dad has had melanoma twice so that's one of my big fears, but it never occurred to me to get my kids checked at such a young age.
Also my dad is fine after both melanomas so I don't know why I'm so scared but I really am.
If she had other freckles or moles it wouldn't be so bad, but she just has this one which seems like a bad sign being so young and with no history of sun exposure.
Tomorrow can't come soon enough. In the meantime, I'm taking deep breaths and trying not to freak her out with my panicking :weep:
She's 21, very fair skinned and has always stayed out of the sun. I don't think she's ever been sunburnt. She doesn't even have any freckles on her back, that's why today when she was wearing a dress with an open back I noticed this spot straight away. It stands out so vividly.
It's dark brown, raised, with a bit of pink around it and is about half the size of a pencil eraser.
I am consumed with fear about it. Good old zero to catastrophe strikes again.
Luckily my skin doctor has an appointment tomorrow so she's getting it checked out straight away.
My dad has had melanoma twice so that's one of my big fears, but it never occurred to me to get my kids checked at such a young age.
Also my dad is fine after both melanomas so I don't know why I'm so scared but I really am.
If she had other freckles or moles it wouldn't be so bad, but she just has this one which seems like a bad sign being so young and with no history of sun exposure.
Tomorrow can't come soon enough. In the meantime, I'm taking deep breaths and trying not to freak her out with my panicking :weep: