Hi,

It's good that you're getting checked out by dermatology. Hopefully it will be a benign lesion but if it's a basal cell, like you fear, the delay in getting it diagnosed and treated will have little or no adverse effect. Basal cell isn't usually invasive so it doesn't spread internally like melanoma can. A delay in treatment may just cause it to spread on the skin. Basal cell is easily treated so try not to worry.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on.

Angie (Stage 3 melanoma patient since 2009)

Hi angie, 

thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I have really bad health anxiety so struggle to keep calm. I have been a mess all weekend sick with worry. I think I'm just so worried as this has been left for 3 year and I'm so angry with myself. 
 

can meloma be a red, pink patchy spot also? I have looked into this so much and scared myself so much. It almost seems impssobile to wait until Monday just for the pictures to be taking. Can I ask what your symptoms where? 

Can these types show up in blood work or anything? 
 

thaks again 

xx
 

I'm hoping you've had the pictures taken this morning and that they may have given you more information.

There is currently no blood test that detects melanoma. Research in Australia is currently looking into this. 

There are no symptoms with melanoma other than the mole or lesion. Symptoms only appear if the melanoma has spread internally and these are many and varied. Melanoma can be any colour but it's usually dark coloured.

Hi, I don't want to scare you, but your concerns are valid. My doctor explained to me that there are some melanomas that are pigmentless, which are pink in colour. You have to go to a dermatologist as soon as possible, you need diagnostics, a photodermatoscope, maybe a biopsy, something else. You can't wait.  Good luck to you. 

Isle of Man is not been the same mind totally different Minds chronic myeloid leukaemia but I do understand what you're going through I was ill for a while I started losing lots of weight started getting bruises starting feeling tired couldn't eat much or anything and just kept thinking I'll be alright and avoiding things you know I wasn't that I felt I needed to go to the doctor's and stupidly eventually I did go to the doctor's I have other things go to the doctors for as well though that's why I got there are so they did blood test and you know it could be an email then I found out obviously it was leukaemia thing was I didn't know that I could have had it for the past year 2 years and it's a creeper when you start getting all the symptoms that is when it is hitting you before long so pleased you've got in there now leads to dealing with it just keep your fingers crossed and you will be perfect and nothing will be wrong so and hopefully if there is a problem you have caught it before it gets goes anywhere else hopefully all will go well let me know I will keep following you as you go along take care and don't worry about the results they should come back negative have a good weekend bye for now chilling