ellie

firstly i don't know anything about links between fertility drugs and melanoma. but melanoma is caused by exposure/damage by the sun normally from years of exposure to and/or from bad burns in the past. it is fantastic that you noticed and had it looked at by the doctor. removing it asap is definitely the first step and hopefully you will find it isn't a malignant melanoma at all which is very possible. most skin problems turn out to be basel cell carcenomas (sp?) which are not as serious as melanomas.

to give you some hope and perhaps look on the brighter more positive side, australians and especially aussie doctors are fabulous in spotting any change in skin and getting possible problem areas treated well before they have any chance to turn into anything nasty. aussies citizens and our drs are trained (drilled into them) to treat anything slightly out of the ordinary as suspicious from the start. a good precautionary approach to preventing skin cancers.

please let us know how you go and best of luck with it all.

dusty