I have red hair, fair skin, blue eyes and burn easily. I admit I’ve stupidly used sunbeds on/off for the past 20 years.
I noticed a mark on the back of my calf last May, but being covered in freckles I thought I was just being paranoid and that it had probably always been there. I took a couple of pics and then forgot about it, until March this year when I caught a glimpse and felt it had gotten bigger and change colour slightly. Luckily I still had the old picture, So when I went to the doctors, they were able to refer me to go and get it checked out quite quickly. I had a wide excision 2 weeks ago and my appointment is at the end of May for my results. It feels like forever away. I can’t stop thinking about it and I feel like when I talk about it to friends they’re quite passive telling me about people they know who had it and are fine now and that, “At least you’ve had it sorted now” like having the excision is the end of it (which hopefully it is. ) but it makes me feel silly for feeling worried, it’s still a scary situation to be in. I’m also now second guessing half the other freckle/moles on body worrying they could also be something? If it comes back that it was cancerous do you get checked over or is it down to you to find and report other marks?