I realised the other week after looking at some old photos (summer 2007) that a mole which at the time was tiny like a speck on my back is now a lot bigger (about the size of a rubber end of a pencil) I don't think the growth has been rapid as I'm pretty sure it is the same size as last year but it has grown over 3 years
I went to the docs straight away expecting her to dismiss it but hoping she didn't. I took the photo with me. As soon as she looked at my back she said I think I will refer you. She said it doesn't have characteristics of melanoma but as it has grown and quite dark she will refer me.
I've got an appointment at the skin tumours clinic on 8th Sept and am now really scared they are going to turn around and tell me it's melanoma and that it's spread as I have left it so long since the mole has grown to the size it is now ( I thought it had always been that size until I found the photo!) I've also got two enlarged lymph nodes in my neck, One that has been there since beginning of 2009 and one came up a couple of months ago. They are not large (probably less than 1cm) and wax and wane almost by the hour. I have also had Full blood count which was clear but I am still convinced that the mole is cancer that has metatisized (Sp?) into the lymph nodes.
So scared!!!