I was diagnosed with a 0.9mm stage lb melanoma on my neck in February.  I had the mole removed on the 8th January.  I saw a a hospital Consultant at the end of February, however, I have been awaiting surgery since then, for a wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy.  I have now been told that he has a backlog of patients and I am on a waiting list and they cannot even tell me what month I will be treated.  I am extremely worried now about the amount of time that has gone by without treatment and I am looking at going private to get it done.  However, not sure how it will effect my ongoing treatment should I need it with the NHS.  I feel like it is all such a fight to get the treatment I need.  The results are needed, so I can start further cancer treatment should I need it, and all this waiting is effecting my outcome.  I am no longer sleeping and getting more and more anxious as the weeks roll by.  I have talked to my MacMillan Nurse based with my dermatologist,  and I am hoping she can help me get a referral to another consultant! Apparently head and neck surgeons are hard to find in my area.    Any body else seeing delayed treatment at the moment?