Hi, my husband 67yrs of age has a red nodule come up on his neck which has steadily grown over the last 6 weeks and now measures 1.5cm . He originally went to the doctor who referred him to a dermatologis at our local hospital and he was seen within a week. The dermatologist is uncertain what is it but he is going to remove it and do a biopsy , i asked if he thought it was cancerous and he said he thinks it is. i was very dimayed to find out he wasnt going to remove it there and then but has said we will get an appointment within four weeks to remove it. My husband has a history of cancer he had t cell non hodgkins lymphoma 14 yrs ago and had chemo and radiotherapy and was cured. He also had a basal cell carcinoma removed from his leg 10yrs ago. As you can imagine with his history i am worried sick especially as this nodule has doubled in size which suggests it is malignant. I am terrified that in this 4 week frame this could possibly spread to lymph nodes etc. I would like to know what other people think about the fact we have to wait 4 weeks to have it removed and then possibly another 2-3weeks for biopsy results. Am i panicking unecessarily .
