It's on my foot, where I have lightly burned in the past, and it's very dark brown and slightly raised, though very small. (Don't worry, i'm not expecting a diagnosis over the internet, just typing this out to try to make myself get a grip!!!). I think it's either brand new or has got much darker quite suddenly because I haven't noticed it before. Weird thing about it is that it doesn't look like most of my other freckles (I have a LOT, hence my total paranoia about skin cancer) but almost looks as if it has been 'stuck on' IYSWIM.
I have an appointment with the mole clinic on Thursday but until then I am literally making myself ill with worry. I can barely focus on work or conversations. I do know I'm being an idiot but I have chronic health anxiety at the best of times and skin cancer is my really huge bogeyman, partly because I have so many freckles and such fair skin and partly because my mother has a friend whose daughter (exactly the same age as me, born on the same day in the same hospital; that's how my mum met her) died a month ago from skin cancer. It's on my mind for sure but I'm not imagining this new/darker freckle.
Anyone care to give me a metaphorical slap and calm me down? DH thinks I'm being crazy (I am being crazy!!). I've done all I can in making the appointment. But my imagination is running wild right now... :(
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emeraldgirl1 · 04/10/2011 11:45
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