The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Content within the patient forum is user-generated and has not been reviewed by medical professionals. Other sections of the Melanoma Research Foundation website include information that has been reviewed by medical professionals as appropriate. All medical decisions should be made in consultation with your doctor or other qualified medical professional.

Janner

  • Post
    jfro
    Participant

      Ok, Janner,

      I stayed away until I had a nurse call me again. They had no idea I already received my path report and was attempting to explain it to me again before I spoke. She told me I have to get an excision because the mole was abnormal and they needed to find out what it is?? Does that make any sense? I challenged her by asking that a diagnosis was already written on the report and that doesn't make sense…blah..blah..

       

      I'm sorry that I am bothering you again but it this is making my anxiety spin out of control. Thanks. 🙂

      Ok, Janner,

      I stayed away until I had a nurse call me again. They had no idea I already received my path report and was attempting to explain it to me again before I spoke. She told me I have to get an excision because the mole was abnormal and they needed to find out what it is?? Does that make any sense? I challenged her by asking that a diagnosis was already written on the report and that doesn't make sense…blah..blah..

       

      I'm sorry that I am bothering you again but it this is making my anxiety spin out of control. Thanks. 🙂

    Viewing 2 reply threads
    • Replies
        Janner
        Participant

          Nurses are not ones to explain pathology reports.  If you want more information, you will have to talk to the doctor.  I've seen plenty of nurses totally screw up medical pathology stuff.  Nothing against nurses, but they aren't the ones to interpret data for you.  As far as I'm concerned, nothing has changed.  They want it totally removed.  They do that with many atypical lesions that are not cancer – just to err on the side of caution.  Just proceed as planned and have it removed.  This hasn't magically changed to cancer just because of what the nurse said.

          Janner
          Participant

            Nurses are not ones to explain pathology reports.  If you want more information, you will have to talk to the doctor.  I've seen plenty of nurses totally screw up medical pathology stuff.  Nothing against nurses, but they aren't the ones to interpret data for you.  As far as I'm concerned, nothing has changed.  They want it totally removed.  They do that with many atypical lesions that are not cancer – just to err on the side of caution.  Just proceed as planned and have it removed.  This hasn't magically changed to cancer just because of what the nurse said.

            Janner
            Participant

              Nurses are not ones to explain pathology reports.  If you want more information, you will have to talk to the doctor.  I've seen plenty of nurses totally screw up medical pathology stuff.  Nothing against nurses, but they aren't the ones to interpret data for you.  As far as I'm concerned, nothing has changed.  They want it totally removed.  They do that with many atypical lesions that are not cancer – just to err on the side of caution.  Just proceed as planned and have it removed.  This hasn't magically changed to cancer just because of what the nurse said.

          Viewing 2 reply threads
          • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
          About the MRF Patient Forum

          The MRF Patient Forum is the oldest and largest online community of people affected by melanoma. It is designed to provide peer support and information to caregivers, patients, family and friends. There is no better place to discuss different parts of your journey with this cancer and find the friends and support resources to make that journey more bearable.

          The information on the forum is open and accessible to everyone. To add a new topic or to post a reply, you must be a registered user. Please note that you will be able to post both topics and replies anonymously even though you are logged in. All posts must abide by MRF posting policies.

          Popular Topics