CancerCompass message board discussion started by Brookeysma on 7/8/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,14162,0.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hello...I am new to this board.  My story began about 2 months ago.  I was visiting my OBGYN and he stated that I had a mole on my buttocks (in only a place that the OBGYN can see unfortunately) that I should get checked.  I never had any DR mention that I had a mole before so I took a look and it was a mis-shapen very dark mole.  I finally went to the Dermatologist on Friday and she said that it was .5 in size and that she needed to biopsy it.  I have a VERY strong history with skin cancers (my maternal grandma had a melanoma in her urinary tract and my mother had both basal and squamous cell carcinomas).  Well, the Dermatologist performed a shave biopsy and said I should know in a week to 10 days... After looking at pics and reading informaiton on the net, I am really kind of nervous now.  I have read that it is very unusual for "normal moles" to appear in the place where mine was".  Does anyone know if that is true or not?  I know I just need to relax and wait for the biopsy results but after reading all of this stuff, I am sort of nervous. Brookeysma Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Try posting your question on http://www.mpip.org/ .  You can get immediate answers to your questions.  Just click on the bulletin board.Good luck. Elizabethf Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT