Taken DD to GP at the end of August because I had noticed that one of her moles had grown rather a lot. I looked on the web to see what I could find and the mole seems to have all the markers of being abnormal.
First GP who saw it said she was not sure and asked her colleague to have a look.
2Nd GP said she had the impression that the mole was disappearing because it was lighter in colour at the edges but just to be sure was going to send us to a dermatologist.
Dermatologist took one look at it and said that it had to come out but that she was going to refer to plastic surgeon because of where the mole is and said that although it has to come out it was not urgent.
A week later we were back at the hospital for the surgeon to have a look and plan the operation. Both a Dr and a Surgeon looked at the mole and said that because DD is a few months under 16 they would not be able to do the surgery and that I should wait for a letter from the pediatric surgeon at the hospital who would then perform the removal of the mole. ( no clue why we did not see pediatric surgeon in the first place). I asked the surgeon and doctor again if they thought this mole was malignant and was told that it was very unlikely to be anything sinister but that it should be removed now because if it was allowed to grow it would then result in a much bigger scar. This sort of made sense to me so went home waiting for the letter.
Yesterday I got a call from a hospital in London saying that we were allocated an urgent appointment at a specialist centre in London to have the mole removed this Friday because it was expect to be a rare melanoma which is normally not seen in children???
I don’t understand what happened, I have been reassured over and over again that removal of this mole is just a routine precaution and now all of a sudden it is URGENT and needs to come out NOW??
Totally stressed out, having kittens here!!
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BlueBrightFuture · 30/09/2015 14:55
St Thomas children's hospital.
Surgeon who did the operation was sitting firmly on the fence... Roll on Wednesday. Will post when I get results. Thanks all 
Tommy's is renowned. Was dd treated at the Evelina?
I imagine that the next few days will seem like the longest of your life, but hopefully you'll have cause to celebrate on Wednesday.
Hi Blue
I had a dodgy-looking mole removed 2 years ago - it was a red raised patch above another mole and it was itchy. Turned out to be a pre-melanoma, so very good thing that I'm paranoid and had it removed early.
After it was removed, the hospital called to tell me I needed a follow-up appointment. At this appointment they told me that it was a pre-melanoma and that I'd have to have a wide local excision (WLE) where they remove a chunk of the underlying tissue in order to make sure the offending mole hasn't extended itself into the underlying skin layers. I went along and had this done (I couldn't see them do it due to the angle but I like to imagine that they simply used a big spoon 
), then a week or two later they got in touch to reassure me that they'd left a nice healthy margin and that there were no traces of it left.
I haven't worried about it since - in fact I was slightly reassured because I have 200-300 moles (according to dermatologist) and frequently got sunburn as a child, but my paranoid mole-checking was always dismissed as just that by the NHS. Now, though, they listen when I express my concerns. In fact they got a photographer to take pictures of me all over with a very very high-res camera so that future changes can be tracked - this is called mole mapping, do ask your doctor if you can get it done as it costs very little and could be a source of reassurance for you.
I thought I'd share all that as, if it is something nasty, at least it's something nasty which can be readily removed. I'm sure you will still be worried but I hope that some of this helps 
These moles - there's no rhyme or reason to them!
Even if she does need more removed, they did a great job on mine and I don't have a gaping hole where it used to me - simply a scar around 5cm long. I'm at work or I'd take my top off and send you a photo! Maybe later
As you say, I hope this is all academic and that it turns out to be either benign or very minor.
Hi All,
Just a quick update. Got the results earlier this morning. The mole appears to have been just a mole... no melanoma, no cancer etc...
They said secondary test have to be performed on the mole but so far it would seem that it will not be necessary to remove more tissue. So happy...
Thanks for all your support all, it really helped with the nervous long wait.
brightBlue thanks for that. any good vibes gratefully received
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