Hi,

as a bit of a background, I have been feeling ill for about 6 months, my wife reminded me last week that I spent most of the Christmas break sleeping. Anyway I saw my GP late evening on 03/04 for the first time ever, and mentioned a lump on the side of my face between my nose and my eye. I have had it for a while and it has gotten bigger the last couple of weeks and has been bleeding. She said she would put me on a 2ww referral to dermatology and mentioned squamous cell carcinoma. I had blood tests and X-ray 8am the following day and five days later I saw the dermatologist. He said he does not know what the lump is but has referred me straight for a WLE this coming week, along with reconstructive plastic surgery.  I am not bothered about this from an aesthetic perspective at all but would have assumed that he would have taken a sample first to check what it is before the hassle of a WLE, especially considering where it is?