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    • September 3, 2017 at 12:22 am
    nameisIce
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      In March 2017 I've noticed this mole , It's big circle Brown and rough ( smooth with lotion) I ignored it when I looked up "growing mole" on google and I found Dysplatic Nevi and Melanoma . I think as much as skin cancer so I ignored that part .

      In April I'm not sure but I think it gotten a lil browner but the texture didn't change it doesn't hurt, bleed , ooze . Not hard. it can become flaky only if I scratch it (doesn't itch I just choose to scratch it) and when I apply lotion goes away

      In May is when I got worried because I started feeling sick . Sick as in Hard breathing, Stabbing in my head kind of pains , a little bit of diarrhea, fatigue and etc. I went to a hospital , they done blood work and said my white blood cells, hemoglobin and my bilirubin were high but not to dangerous just something to look out for . And of course I told the doctor about the mole her words were "it doesn't look like cancer , usually something cancerous looks scary" but when I been reading people stories they've been told they have melanoma without warnings . But anyways around 1-2weeks later in the sickness I felt better and the only treatment I had was an IV

      now in the ending of August/ beginning of  September things are different , I had almost the same symptoms without the diarrhea , fatigue and head pains . Now I'm having mild Chest/Back/Ribs pains (I did have shoulder and neck pains but went away ), Trouble breathing but it's like depending on what I do like laying flat on my back, laying sideways and sometimes standing up, I also experienced one swollen lymph node on the left side of my neck. Before all the main things happen I experience throat pain in the right side of my neck .. So I went the HOSPITAL again but this time they admitted me . I done blood works , EGK, Ultrasound and Chest x ray . Again Bilirubin was high and protein my liver ? But I didn't get those blood results back for some reason . They give me an CT scan cause it wasn't "serious enough" But the Egk ultrasound and chest x ray was clear . Is Ct scan the only way to find melanoma ? 

      But they said it could be an infections or dehydration or blah . Which made me seem to think if it was an infection such as pneumonia can't you find that in the X-ray ? I didn't ask much questions cause I guess I'm a scared little 17year old and I trusted the doctors.

      The only way I can get a dermatologist to do an biospy is if I get referred and my primary care really thinks it nothing just a "mole" even if it was an mole , It's a huge mole describe like "dysplatic Nevi" and i should still be referred.

      Anyways my question is have anyone ever experienced my symptoms out of the blue and also have your melanoma diagnosis was found in a EGK. blood test, ultrasound , or x ray ? Or do I need an CT scan to determine this . Also could it just be Walking pneumonia even though it was found in the x Ray ?

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        • September 3, 2017 at 2:43 am
        jennunicorn
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          Very very very unlikely your symptoms are related to melanoma at all. Melanoma does not spread that quickly. Even those of us that are at stage 4 never dealt with any major symptoms like what you are experiencing. Much more likely to be some kind of viral infection. If this mole does bother you, then you should absolutely tell your primary doc that you will not leave their exam room until they write the referral to a derm. They should not be denying you this just because they think it is nothing, they have very little training in dermatology and you know your body best, if it is worrying you, you should get a biopsy. Melanoma is not common, so there is a good chance it is nothing, but no doctor should ever deny a biopsy if a patient asks for one. Don't stress and think you have cancer right now, that is the last possibility in a list of possible reasons for your symptoms. Stress and worry will only make you feel worse. Hang in there.

            • September 3, 2017 at 5:02 pm
            nameisIce
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              Thanks for letting me know and making feel better. 

              And I've heard melanoma isn't common but I am one of those people who have 100+ moles all over . And I'm not sure if this mole has be envolving since July 2016 because it was really small later in September 2016 there were three small moles and now it's just one big smooth/rough mole 

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