Hi there Nat fern.

I too, had a basal cell on my collar bone area, a few years ago and had it removed in my dermatology clinic. I have also had to deal with Lentigo maligna, near my left eye. I had an excision about  3 and a half years ago, wirh a skin graft carried out. It came back 2 years later, and in Feb this year, I had further excisional surgery. 

At the moment, I seem to be doing okay.. I get checked every 3/4 months. I may have to have some further preventative surgery in the future, to try and prevent the Lentigo Maligna from coming back in my face.

It feels scary at times. I dont know a lot about skin and skin comditions and was never a person who lay on beaches in the hot sun, so it came as a big shock to me, to have skin issues.

Make sure you ask questions. Write them down on some paper and take them in with you even, as your mind can go blank, at times.

I have found most of the staff that Ive come across in the Dermatology and Plastic surgery departments, are very nice and caring and have looked after me well.  

LavenderSky