In early March I noticed that a mole on my shoulder had suddenly changed. It had gone from being flat and colourless to raised and pinkish. In the following week it became crusty. It's now itchy and painful.
I emailed a photo to my GP as soon as I noticed it had changed but it took over a week to get a phone appointment. She referred me on to a hospital to have it looked at but I decided instead to go straight to a clinic and have it removed and biopsied. The earliest they could see me was 21st April.
My husband lost his sister the year before last to cancer, so maybe we're overly anxious about it. But he read today that melanoma spreads very quickly and that it should be seen within two weeks. I'll have been waiting six weeks by the time I get it removed.
Can anyone tell me - is it normal to have to wait that long? Does it spread quickly? I don't know what to do to get an earlier appointment.
