I am to have my mole on my shin removed, after a punch biopsy confirmed melanoma. I am to have the whole mole removed in a couple of weeks. I was told that I would be having a Wide Local Excision and skin graft on the area too. My question is timescales. It took 3 months for the punch biopsy results to come through. How long will it take for the results for the mole removal? Will that be rushed through? And if anyone has had this experience, how long did you wait for the WLE surgery to happen?
I have worried so much about this, and I don't think 3 months is acceptable to wait for results. Now that II have the diagnosis, I just want it gone.
Has anyone had the surgery on their lower shin? Where there any issues with walking etc? What is the approximate recovery time?
I am so scared, and I'm pretending to my family I'm not bothered by it. Sorry for such a long post