Help - biopsy results - bad sign?

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I had three hole punch biopsies taken from "suspicious lesions". The lesions in question just looked like little purple bruises - not moles or anything raised, no rough edges or bleeding or anything.

I've just been given a face-to-face appointment to go in for results. Is this normal? I thought I'd get a phone call saying "nothing to worry about" so the fact that I have to go in is really worrying me.

Try not to worry, its hard but remember worrying won't change anything. Hopefully its either nothing or something very treatable.

Not always.

Just had mine, my father and husband coincidentally got biopsies the same week as me and received their all clear letters but i got a call asking me to come in.

I had melanoma in situ, but it was gone, no treatment required apart from a further incision to ensure 5mm margins ( even though they had 1mm clear margins already).

Thank you, @JackieGoodman - I'm rubbish at waiting, I have no patience, so it's difficult.

So glad you're all-clear now, @justkeepswimmng - it does feel like they wouldn't call me in unless there was something that needed discussing. I wish there was a way I could find out sooner - appointment is in four weeks

@FlipSakeEnoughAlready that is a long wait, I'd be assuming that its definitely nothing too serious

I wasn't sure whether the relatively long wait was a good sign! Thank you

That's reassuring OP. I'm a nurse and have never heard of an appointment that far away if the patient had a malignancy. With my health board that would be an asap appointment and not usually with the GP but with the doctor who did the biopsy, often with a cancer specialist nurse in attendance too. For bad news they also usually ask for you to bring your partner or next of kin with you.

Thank you, @MandUs - I feel much less worried now!