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Anxiety spiralling while waiting for GP to check changed mole

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MissBrightside19 · 30/06/2026 15:54

My anxiety has spiralled since I found a mole that has changed. I’m pretty sure it used to be one colour and it’s got darker round the edges and a bit bumpy. I contacted the GP yesterday and managed to get an appointment but then when I got there they said they had booked me in with the wrong person who doesn’t have a dermatoscope so they’ve booked me in next Wednesday (8th July) instead. Since that I’ve noticed other moles that I don’t know if they have changed or are new etc and I know I’m over checking them.

I have a history of health anxiety but I’m so terrified that it’ll be melanoma and then I’ll die and leave my little girl without a mum. It is consuming my brain! Any words of wisdom would be wonderful 🩷

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Lemonfrost · 30/06/2026 21:14

Hi OP - didn't want to read and run. In the unlikely event it is melanoma, treatments are now very very good. I know it sounds impossible but try not to panic.

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