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Ellie
I also have a suspicous mole that I got checked out and she said oh its nothing, but I am booked into another doctor to have it removed next week, just for my own piece of mind.
I used to work in a skin cancer clinic and people would get moles removed all the time that looked VERY SUSPICIOUS and most often than not they were nothing. We only used to get 1 melanoma every few months, and even when it was that most times they just chop it out. (my mother, sister and brother in law have all had melanoma and all are 100% cured)
I hope I have put your mind at rest ... oh and another thing almost all people with positive melanoma found out the next day ... they rish the result back to the doctor. So the longer you wait I believe the better the news :)
HTH
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Jen
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Jen...thank you! That's all wonderful! I'm going back to the GP tomorrow to have the wound checked so I hope she doesn't have any news then. My brother had one which was malignant and he had to go and have a big piece cut out of his back...and all 4 of my Uncles have died from cancer which started out as a melanoma...hence the concern...trying not to worry...I like the odds at your clinic much better :)
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Thanks girls for your messages today for Coop's 10 months birthday. I have spent all morning crying for my little boy and cursing the world at how cruel it was that he was taken from me. Thanks for all your support :hug:
Mel - babe i have everything crossed for you :pray: Enjoy the injections! and it will all be so worth it in the end when you get that magical BFP. Call if you need to chat about the meds or anything.
Jo - have a great trip away.
Hi to everyone else
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How big was it?
What did it look like?
Did the doctor look at it with a hand held microscope thing?
Lynn - I really can't imagine how you must be feeling, and probably no words can't describe your pain:( My heart goes out to you
Jen
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Oh Lynn hun...I wish there was something I could say or do...take care and know we are all here for youxxx
Jen - It hadn't got any wider but more raised, become darker with a clear, grey spot in the middle and a new red bit circling the outside...if that makes any sense? Any yes...doc used a little microscope thingy. It didn't look good...much worse than others I've had removed and has only changed since my last pregnancy in August. I'm convinced it's linked to the increase in hormone levels...read it on a website somewhere that moles can change during pregnancy but hopefully all will be ok.
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Ellie - At least you are vigilant about checking and if there is anything have got it early. I'm getting mine out next thursday morning and its on my bikini line, I had a bub 3 months ago, you would have thought that someone would have noticed it, midwives / doctors all looking in that department iykwim!
I noticed that you have been TTC for 8 years. My mum also was TTC for 9 years and then when they "gave up" ... I was concieved and as soon as I was born they concieved again straight away all al la natural. I dont know if telling you this does help im sure you have heard it all before.
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Jen
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Jen, I love those stories...it's the giving up I struggle with...the longing for a baby is so overwhelming some days...I was holding my neighbours 14 week old the other day and my tummy physically ached...but this mole thing has given me a new perspective...along with it being removed on the 3rd anniversary of my ruptured ectopic that nearly killed me...I am lucky to be here with my DH and my beautiful furkids...maybe I should be focusing on what I have rather than what I don't? Life can end in a moment...and you never know when that moment is?
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Wow what a positive outlook you have Ellie. Mwah.
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Don't let me fool you...I have absolutely rotten days...but I try really hard to keep it together :)
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howdy everyone.
Lynn- happy 10 month birthday to Cooper, and big hugs to you, Lynn. you are right, it isn't fair, not at all.
Ellie- i hope all works out - good to get that stuff out asap. dh just had a melanoma removed, and fortunately it was early so that is all he needed (plus observation of other moles). maybe yours will be like that. hugs for this stressful time! CD30 sounds promising!
Mel- such good news from the docs. keeping my fingers crossed.
Shereejoy- how awful for your sister! sometimes the insensitivity of some folks is stunning. be good to yourself dear, these negative emotions are so normal unfortunately. as for me, thanks for asking, i'm going okay just now. trying to be calm or at least what passes for calm for me. first doc appointment will be next week so that'll be some stress. i'm terrified of docs now, to be honest.
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Good morning all.
Ellie -so much heartache, I am in awe of you. I really mean that !. and yes life is so short and we never know when it will end. Noahs death really put things in perspective for us no more wasting time for us. Persue your dreams with a passion everyday. I think you are in a good head space considering what you have been through recently.
Auntie M - go gently thinking off you next week.
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