Hi, 

I have a mole on the bottom of my baby toe that I have had since childhood. Recently, I noticed a black spot in the middle of it (it is usually asymmetrical and tea stained in colour).  Got a 2 week urgent referral from the GP and saw a CNS last Wednesday who took one look at my mole (literally within 3 seconds) with a dermascope and said, "yup. That's gotta come out." At this point, I became quite stressed and asked what she thought, in which she replied, "I'm on the fence with this one. Usually 1 in 3 of these that get biopsied are melanoma." She did check the lymph nodes in my groin area and state they were ok. After I left the appointment, I got a consent letter which stated I needed a "lesion excision" sometimes known as a "wide local excision." Now I am extremely nervous as it seems I am going straight into a WLE. I am waiting for my appointment and thinking every little symptom I get at this point is a sign of cancer that has spread. Because the lesion is on the bottom of my toe, I am so worried it changed a long time ago and I just didn't notice it!