Hi

I have and had it removed on Monday, I have just wrote a post as found things online to be fairly negative. Feel free to message me if you want to talk about it. I know I could have done with that. 

Hi MelW

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my post.  Please may I ask if you are in the UK?  as my GP said that dermo were not seeing patients and I would probably not be seen until at least March 2021.  I am a born worrier so i sit here doing the worst thing possible, looking at images on the internet and wondering 'what if' it spreads.  I am seriously thinking of going private for an initial consultation but then, if i need treatment, not sure how I could afford that.  

Also, please how did they remove it?  

Thanks in advance

Hi

Yes I am in Southampton, they should refer you under the 2 week wait process, you need to call them and ask you to do that as any suspected cancer should be seen at the hospital within 2 weeks even with Covid..where are you? 

I am exactly the same and I went to some really dark places on Google. How long has it been there? I thought mine had been there a few months but looking back at photos it may have been there a few years.

They injected the area to numb it like you would have at the dentist and then they literally just cut it out. I have a fairly long scar which is still raw, it will fade over time. 

I also had headaches and worried but they are a stand alone thing and the consultant said that it wouldn't cause any headaches. 

I still have one on my arm that they didn't get to yesterday, it is about the size of a pea and they were not stressing about it at all they said they will remove it after Christmas. This is how mild they are. I had 3 in total in different places on my body and I was terrified that they had spread bit they are 100% certain that this is not the case as this type doesn't spread. 

The consultant I saw said that unless they left for years and years and are the size of a golf ball then they do not spread. 

The Internet can be a really dark place. 

Please do not worry it will be OK but I would call the doctors and ask for the referral as soon as you can. I know it is so easy to say because I have been where you are but they are treatable. 

Hi

I am in Buckinghamshire.

Thank you, I will call my GP again on Friday (she doesn't work Thursdays) and see if she can chase it up a bit.  To me, it seems to have changed shape a bit in the last few weeks.  There is also a mole near my ear which I'm worried about too, which I want to show her.  I don't like 'chasing them up' or 'being a nuisance' but I'm going to have to.

I get headaches/migraine the side of the BCC so, as you can imagine, I'm thinking all sorts of worse case scenarios.  

I am so glad that you got treated so quickly and I hope I can get seen soon too to stop me worrying.  

Thank you again for your kind words and reassurance.

Hi

I am in Buckinghamshire.

Thank you, I will call my GP again on Friday (she doesn't work Thursdays) and see if she can chase it up a bit.  To me, it seems to have changed shape a bit in the last few weeks.  There is also a mole near my ear which I'm worried about too, which I want to show her.  I don't like 'chasing them up' or 'being a nuisance' but I'm going to have to.

I get headaches/migraine the side of the BCC so, as you can imagine, I'm thinking all sorts of worse case scenarios.  

I am so glad that you got treated so quickly and I hope I can get seen soon too to stop me worrying.  

Thank you again for your kind words and reassurance.

No problem, I was googling things like brain tumours and all sorts so I can imagine exactly how you are feeling. Don't feel like you are being a pain, they expect people to be worried. Mine changed too and that is one of the reasons I went, take pictures every day, that is what I did and I showed them when I was there. I am keeping my fingers crossed you get seen soon to stop you worrying. As soon as you see someone you will feel much better. Please update the thread as I would like to know how you got on.