Awaiting biopsy results…

I’m a new member to this forum and I just want to say that reading through the forums here have helped me realize that I am not alone and that there is hope.

I am Asian, 43 years old and have been living in New York for the past 18 years. I’ve had this big lesion on my back for as long as I can remember. Because of its location, it was hard for me to monitor if it has evolved over the past years. My lesion is pinkish to brownish in color. It is about 7-8 mm and is almost elongated. It has smooth borders but the edges are a bit curved althoug. It is raised slightly.. My husband thinks that it hasn’t change since he met me 16 years ago. I was going to post a picture here but I am not sure exactly how to do it. The spot didn’t bother me for years…for some reason I’ve always thought that it was a keloid from a pimple or an injury. I was watching a news show last week and they were talking about skin cancer. I suddenly remembered my lesion on my back and decided to go to the dermatologist to have it checked. She biopsied it and has told me that it will take 10-14 days to get the results.

For my questions…I know there will be a lot of speculations and that each case is different but I just want to have as much information from people who’ve had experienced this. Is it possible to have melanoma for 10-15 years and not feel any other symptoms? How would melanoma present in Asian skin…would it be a slightly different color like pinkish instead of brown? And lastly, if this turns out to be melanoma, what do you think would be my survival rate considering that it’s been in my back for so long.

Thanks and wishing everyone here good health.