Here we go again

It isn't melanoma until they say it is.  Don't jump to conclusions!

It isn't melanoma until they say it is.  Don't jump to conclusions!

It isn't melanoma until they say it is.  Don't jump to conclusions!

Look, I think your reaction is perfectly normal – once you've been through the whole circus of an excision, diagnosis, WLE and in your case SLNB; it's only natural to feel very nervous at every biopsy. I remember being terrifed after every subsequent biopsy I had after I was diagnosed with melanoma. It's kind of a perfect storm where

a) you're still a bit traumatised by all the cutting and worry just a few months earlier… thinking 'here we go again', just as you named your post

b) the doctor is far more likely to excise/threshold of doubt is much lower, creating many more many opportunities for anxiety

c) you've lost confidence in your body and know now that things can go wrong… so you're no longer a Pollyanna about these things

However, realistically, it's more than likely nothing, like your doctor says. And if it is something, it's only three months worth of something, so something very early and treatable. You must be just days away from getting your biopsy results, I'm sure you'll be sighing a huge sigh of relief. Until then, there's not much you can do except keep busy and try keep your mind off it.

Look, I think your reaction is perfectly normal – once you've been through the whole circus of an excision, diagnosis, WLE and in your case SLNB; it's only natural to feel very nervous at every biopsy. I remember being terrifed after every subsequent biopsy I had after I was diagnosed with melanoma. It's kind of a perfect storm where

a) you're still a bit traumatised by all the cutting and worry just a few months earlier… thinking 'here we go again', just as you named your post

b) the doctor is far more likely to excise/threshold of doubt is much lower, creating many more many opportunities for anxiety

c) you've lost confidence in your body and know now that things can go wrong… so you're no longer a Pollyanna about these things

However, realistically, it's more than likely nothing, like your doctor says. And if it is something, it's only three months worth of something, so something very early and treatable. You must be just days away from getting your biopsy results, I'm sure you'll be sighing a huge sigh of relief. Until then, there's not much you can do except keep busy and try keep your mind off it.

Look, I think your reaction is perfectly normal – once you've been through the whole circus of an excision, diagnosis, WLE and in your case SLNB; it's only natural to feel very nervous at every biopsy. I remember being terrifed after every subsequent biopsy I had after I was diagnosed with melanoma. It's kind of a perfect storm where

a) you're still a bit traumatised by all the cutting and worry just a few months earlier… thinking 'here we go again', just as you named your post

b) the doctor is far more likely to excise/threshold of doubt is much lower, creating many more many opportunities for anxiety

c) you've lost confidence in your body and know now that things can go wrong… so you're no longer a Pollyanna about these things

However, realistically, it's more than likely nothing, like your doctor says. And if it is something, it's only three months worth of something, so something very early and treatable. You must be just days away from getting your biopsy results, I'm sure you'll be sighing a huge sigh of relief. Until then, there's not much you can do except keep busy and try keep your mind off it.