I feel like crap because I have been doing my usual over thinking the situation and because I am not taking the sleeping pills, I am getting very little sleep. Last night I managed to get zero hours of sleep, the night before had been good with at least 3 hours sleep but the night before that I managed a paltry 1.5 hours. Still I am feeling better now as I managed to get about 2.5 hours sleep during the day today (does that make sense?).
Anyway what has caught my attention to near complete distraction this time? A mole! A little pesky slightly raised mole, on my trunk, just beneath my armpit. I discovered it slightly more than 2 weeks ago in the shower and didn't think much about it, although it looked like a mole, it could quite easily have been a spot. A few day passed and I noticed again and this time I got Gordon to look. Yep its a mole, maybe I should go to the doctor and then promptly forgot about it. Then last Friday I was walking with Gordon and the dog and I just couldn't stop the itching in that area which was a tad embarrassing as I looked liked I was constantly adjusting my bra as I was walking.
Anyway feeling slightly guilty about wasting the Doctor's time, I made appointment to see him. I showed him the offending mole and it quite quickly reassured me that it was a very common squamous cell carcinoma and nothing to worry about. In the meantime he spotted another of my moles and said he wanted to remove that one as it was slightly irregular and he thought it had changed. I am not concerned about that particular mole, it has been on my back since forever and I can't say that I have noticed any changes. However I agreed to the procedure and he will also be excising the mole I was actually complaing about as well. As least that will be 2 moles I don't have to worry about anymore!
top the suspious mole and below with its cousin which the doc isn't concerned about.
Anyway what has caught my attention to near complete distraction this time? A mole! A little pesky slightly raised mole, on my trunk, just beneath my armpit. I discovered it slightly more than 2 weeks ago in the shower and didn't think much about it, although it looked like a mole, it could quite easily have been a spot. A few day passed and I noticed again and this time I got Gordon to look. Yep its a mole, maybe I should go to the doctor and then promptly forgot about it. Then last Friday I was walking with Gordon and the dog and I just couldn't stop the itching in that area which was a tad embarrassing as I looked liked I was constantly adjusting my bra as I was walking.
the offending mole whch is actually more of a dark brown than it appears here.
Anyway feeling slightly guilty about wasting the Doctor's time, I made appointment to see him. I showed him the offending mole and it quite quickly reassured me that it was a very common squamous cell carcinoma and nothing to worry about. In the meantime he spotted another of my moles and said he wanted to remove that one as it was slightly irregular and he thought it had changed. I am not concerned about that particular mole, it has been on my back since forever and I can't say that I have noticed any changes. However I agreed to the procedure and he will also be excising the mole I was actually complaing about as well. As least that will be 2 moles I don't have to worry about anymore!
2 comments:
I'm so glad you went to the doctor. This sort of cancer is easily treated, but if it's not caught in time, it's deadly.
Why aren't you taking your sleeping pills?
In Australia we have a high rate of Melenoma deaths...and know it is the inoffensive moles we never would have dreamt would have been a problem which turn out to be the problem...sounds like your doc is on the ball for a change!!!
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