mole changing shape and C.T. Scan question pls?
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mole changing shape and C.T. Scan question pls?

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    • January 10, 2012 at 1:06 pm
    panda
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      Hi, i have been on here not long. It is very interesting reading everyones stories. It is encouraging seeing what wonderful support there is for each other on here and it is very uplifting… Anyway Happy New Year!. it IS only ten days into the new year so positivity!!!

      Hi, i have been on here not long. It is very interesting reading everyones stories. It is encouraging seeing what wonderful support there is for each other on here and it is very uplifting… Anyway Happy New Year!. it IS only ten days into the new year so positivity!!!

      My question is this. I was diagnosed with a melanoma last jan and had it removed from my back. Clark Level II. I have ANOTHER mole , which i got checked in the year two thousand… It is in an area that doesnt see much light of day, so never bothered giving it much attention ever again.(as i didnt know much about melanomas back then) i now find, since i had my last check up, that in the last ten years , it has grown significantly in size from a tiny pin prick size (of about ten pin heads or something) to now the size of the end of my little finger.

       

      Is it a worry if moles grow? i went to get check up three months ago, and she said, we will take a photo and see if it grows in the next threee months until you come back and see us again? Well what the heck does she mean? its been growing for ten years??????? I find that VERY concerning

       

      Is that concerning??? Should i be getting this mole tested?? They dont seem to think it looks funny in colour… but i am just wondering???

       

      Also, what does a CT scan involve. I read a lady on here gets them every six months…. do they involve going in that thing that goes over your head where you feel claustrophobic??? sorry, but seriously, i have heard about those things. sound terrible? are they terrible.  Just making sure, that i never have to end up going thru that.

      Thanks for reading. All feedback and opinions much apprecitated.

      thanks

      Felicity (panda)

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