Hello,
I was diagnosed with a Stage IB melanoma when I was 25. I'm now 33, and everything has been good with the initial cancer. I have had many recurrences of precancerous moles, but no melanomas since. I recently had a biopsy and the doctor found that it is atypical, but can't tell if it's melanoma. He's sent out the tissue for a second opinion which is scaring me.
I'm wondering if others out there get scared when waiting for biopsies. I feel that since I've heard, "You have melanoma," I'm always waiting for it to happen again. I'm just feeling very scared and alone waiting for the results. My friends don't seem to understand that this is serious and tell me that I'll be fine and it's probably nothing.
I guess that I'm using this as a forum to get these feelings out of my head, but I just feel that there are only a few people out there who truly understand what this feels like. My thoughts are with anyone who is going through melanoma themselves or with anyone they know and love.