Worried parent

My 17 year old daughter has a red growth on her back, I first noticed it in may and she had scratched it on the 7th hung and it was bleeding and I made an appointment with the GP, I took her to the GP and the growth had a scab on it for to it bleeding, the GP has took pictures and sent it to the skin clinic to be assessed, I have had a text message from the GO saying the skin clinic will be in touch with an appointment face to face for further assessment! I rang the hospital and they told me she is on the most urgent list and it will take up to 19 week! I have been so stressed I have booked a private clinic and have an appointment for the 14th August! I’m sick with worry as I feel the skin clinic has saw something bad in the pictures! I still have nearly 3 weeks to wait for this private appointment and have such dread and worry hanging over me! Can anyone advise me as to why they would have red flagged her ? Do they think it’s cancer? I feel the GP or the hospital haven’t even rang me to explain what’s actually going on and I’m so scared! 

  • Hi Fifiers,

    A very warm welcome to the forum.

    It is impossible to say what this is yet. It is normal practice with dermatology patients for them to send a photograph initially. The Dermatologist can then decide which patients need to be seen and which don't.  I can understand that you are worried about your daughter - I would be too! However, this does not mean to say that she has cancer - it just means that the lesion needs to be looked at. If they feel that there might be anything sinister, they will take a biopsy. This is the only way that they can be sure if the lesion is cancerous. I have been through this procedure and mine was benign. If they do a biopsy, it can take a few weeks for the results to become available.

    I sincerely hope that all turns out well. Please keep in touch and let us know. We are always here for you.

    Kind regards,

    Jolamine xx