Please give insight. This is a bit confusing, but hang with me. Approximately 16 months ago, I developed a mole that was itchy on my left knee. I immediately became anxious about it and used topical iodine and removed (almost all of )it myself. Before it was completely gone, I realized this was not a good idea, and went to the dermatologist, who said what was left of it looked like a sebboreic keratosis and she froze the rest of it off. Immediately following that, I started developing pain in that leg. I was very anxious about it and eventually had the area where it was removed re-biopsied 3 times, all of which just said “scar” as the results. Ever since then, I have been very anxious about melanoma. 4 months after that (in Nov 2018), I noticed a small little bump (tiny, like maybe a tiny bit larger than a pin point) on my forearm, like under the skin but at the area of the bone. I can kind of move it around. I was very anxious about it and had an ultrasound of it in Feb of 2019 which said they could not see any mass. Then, in July of 2019 I had a CT of my abdomen and pelvis done to see if there were any swollen lymph nodes in my groin, which there were no swollen lymph nodes in groin or abdomen. That provided me with some reassurance. But now the little nub on my forearm is starting to bother me…meaning there is some pain there once in a while. I have had 3 doctors check out the little bump and none of them are concerned. Anyway, what are the chances that this bump is metastatic melanoma, if none of the lymph nodes in my groin looked suspicious of any kind of metastatic melanoma? Also, it has not seemed to grow at all in over a year. Please give your (kind) feedback. I realize this whole process was not a good way to go about it. I was anxious and pregnant at the time. Obviously, I am still anxious about this. Thank you.
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