Hi, I am new here and its hard to share stuff especially when many are going through far far worst than what I am facing right now. I have a dermatologist appointment tomorrow after being referred by my GP. GP says he's not that worried, but shouldn't be getting new moles as a  40 year old man. I have just compared photos from 8 years ago and noticed I have 4 new moles, one about 6mm in length. Obviously I am pretty anxious and scared of the outcome tomorrow. The last time this happened 8 years ago I had a melanoma in situ on my knee, small mole but 14 stitches later it was removed along with the skin around it.

Is it normal to be scared? I know I am racing ahead, but my mind continually goes too. 'you have left it too late', '8 years is a long time and you should have been seen earlier!' it really is tough to stuff those racing thoughts!