nat75

Thank you

ONE thing I haven’t mentioned in all of this is that I live in Quebec Canada, so maybe terminology they use is different. I’m in Montreal now and will soon get the report from the doctor.

Thank you I will get copy tomorrow and I will try to relax tonight.

Just saw your post and no usually I don’t suffer health anxiety. I’m too much the other way which is why I haven’t been checking moles…in too long. But since dec I’ve been suffering lots of unusual symptoms ..fatigue,losing weight,headaches,weak arms, tingly fingers, dizziness, painful neck, swollen lymph nodes,etc this was unusual for me because i HAvent had lots of health trouble and this all came on in dec. I’ve been to docs many times and they say they don’t know or I’m fine.they also said mole was keratosis and fine that it changed color and size and became painful. But when I finally saw dermatologist he said it looked bad and now I been told I have abnormal biopsy and yes now I have health anxiety. It has been a real frustrating 3 plus months. And when I was told by nurse you have abnormal biopsy you need to come in tomorrow I’m sorry it seemed pretty clear. I don’t think if it is just atypical mole they’d care if I came in a couple days later. I’m sorry to bother everyone but this has scared me and i don’t know where to turn for support.

My biopsy came back abnormal….or can it be the same thing atypical moles bring back abnormal biopsy? I’m trying to learn about this but I still have a lot to learn. When she said she’s sorry to tell me biopsy was abnormal I took that to mean cancer. I will get all the news tomorrow they don’t usually give this news over the phone here. Only reason she told me was because I was going to postpone appointment and she said I need to come in tomorrow.

if it turns out not to be melanoma ill stop posting here but since it was a mole that became painful and changed color i assume most of the time thats melanoma when biopsy results are abnormal.

not many have answered this i guess because i havent been diagnosed with melanoma. i get my biopsy back tomorrow and i just want to ask if anyone can suggest questions i should ask my dermatologist if it does come back as melanoma? i know even though im afraid that it is if they doctor tells me its melanoma im going to be shocked and feel overwhelmed so im writing down questions i need to ask in case but i dont know much about melanoma or what questions to ask.

Trying to be positive but with strange mole I’ve had other symptoms like losing weight, swollen lymph nodes under armpit, neuro stuff so it’s been stressful trying to find out what’s causing all these symptoms.

id like to but no doc wants to. lol. perhaps the mole isnt the reason for my problems i just dont like that it hurts and i can feel it. my problem with the docs is that none really looked at it for more than a few seconds. this isnt a new spot also. i know melanoma usually doesnt cause pain but it can and keratosis doesnt. i will try to get a biopsy for next app for peace of mind if nothing else