Skin cancer

Hello, i'm after some advice. My partner noticed one of my moles had enlarged and had a brown crust on it. So i contacted my doctor who asked, for some photos. I sent these through and she sent off an urgent 2 week referral. It is almost 2 weeks and not heard a thing. So i called the hospital to be told there is a backlog and i have to wait. Also the scab has now fallen off and its pink again.  So not sure if i should cancel the appointment or just go and get it looked at. It does still have a small brown dot on it . I hate waiting to have it looked at. The longer it takes the more anxious i am becoming. They said i could be waiting weeks, even though its an urgent referral as they are behind with appointments 

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  • Hello Netty71 and thanks for the post

    It is never easy waiting for appointments and to be seen and it is natural to become anxious at times like this.

    Unfortunately many hospital services have backlogs and this means many people are waiting much longer to be seen.

    I'm afraid there isn't much more that can be done but to sit tight and wait. Some people who are able may pay privately to be seen but we cannot say if this is likely to be any quicker than being seen on the suspected cancer pathway on the NHS.

    It is important to still get this looked at just to be on the safe side and hopefully give you peace of mind.

    I'm sorry we can't be of more help to you but hope you don't have to wait too much longer.

    Try and keep yourself busy and your mind occupied with other things if you can.

    Take care 

    Naomi

  • Thank you, i work a lot so puts my mind off, but still find myself thinking about it. But i will try not too, thank you for replying 

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