Scared_th

Thank you for the reply. I will admit that I have never experienced anxiety like this in my life and will definitely try to follow your advice of counting my blessings and staying diligent. It feels good to "talk" to people about it who have experience with it although I realize my situation is so fortunate compared to what so many people are going through. 

Thank you again for the reply!

Thank you for the reply. I will admit that I have never experienced anxiety like this in my life and will definitely try to follow your advice of counting my blessings and staying diligent. It feels good to "talk" to people about it who have experience with it although I realize my situation is so fortunate compared to what so many people are going through. 

Thank you again for the reply!

Thank you for the reply. I will admit that I have never experienced anxiety like this in my life and will definitely try to follow your advice of counting my blessings and staying diligent. It feels good to "talk" to people about it who have experience with it although I realize my situation is so fortunate compared to what so many people are going through. 

Thank you again for the reply!

Annie- thank you so much for your reply. I'm eager to get this off of me next week, and to hopefully move forward from this. I have such a new appreciation for my skin and for my health in general. You are spot on when you talk about the new perspective after fearing a dangerous diagnosis. This last week has been one that I wouldn't wish upon anybody. 

I think I will be getting skin checks about every 3 months after this until I'm at least a year post partum – the new statistics that are out about melanoma and pregnancy are terrifying. 

I hope you have a very merry Christmas. Wishing you a happy and very healthy new year. 

Annie- thank you so much for your reply. I'm eager to get this off of me next week, and to hopefully move forward from this. I have such a new appreciation for my skin and for my health in general. You are spot on when you talk about the new perspective after fearing a dangerous diagnosis. This last week has been one that I wouldn't wish upon anybody. 

I think I will be getting skin checks about every 3 months after this until I'm at least a year post partum – the new statistics that are out about melanoma and pregnancy are terrifying. 

I hope you have a very merry Christmas. Wishing you a happy and very healthy new year. 

Annie- thank you so much for your reply. I'm eager to get this off of me next week, and to hopefully move forward from this. I have such a new appreciation for my skin and for my health in general. You are spot on when you talk about the new perspective after fearing a dangerous diagnosis. This last week has been one that I wouldn't wish upon anybody. 

I think I will be getting skin checks about every 3 months after this until I'm at least a year post partum – the new statistics that are out about melanoma and pregnancy are terrifying. 

I hope you have a very merry Christmas. Wishing you a happy and very healthy new year. 

Thank you for the reply! Both doctors seemed shocked and relieved that is wasn't melanoma – I'm still in disbelief and this has changed my perspective on so much. Taking care of my skin has been important to me, but now it is a priority. 

Thank you for the reply! Both doctors seemed shocked and relieved that is wasn't melanoma – I'm still in disbelief and this has changed my perspective on so much. Taking care of my skin has been important to me, but now it is a priority. 

Thank you for the reply! Both doctors seemed shocked and relieved that is wasn't melanoma – I'm still in disbelief and this has changed my perspective on so much. Taking care of my skin has been important to me, but now it is a priority. 

Thank you so much for the reply! After the week I've had of over analyzing and thinking about the what if's, I am overly grateful that it is not a melanoma diagnosis – I may be in disbelief and keep looking for more things they could have missed and what exactly all these words on the path report mean. I cannot wait to get this thing off of me and am glad we're taking an approach of taking wide margins – I just want it off my body. 

Thank you so much for the reply! After the week I've had of over analyzing and thinking about the what if's, I am overly grateful that it is not a melanoma diagnosis – I may be in disbelief and keep looking for more things they could have missed and what exactly all these words on the path report mean. I cannot wait to get this thing off of me and am glad we're taking an approach of taking wide margins – I just want it off my body. 

Thank you so much for the reply! After the week I've had of over analyzing and thinking about the what if's, I am overly grateful that it is not a melanoma diagnosis – I may be in disbelief and keep looking for more things they could have missed and what exactly all these words on the path report mean. I cannot wait to get this thing off of me and am glad we're taking an approach of taking wide margins – I just want it off my body. 

the pathology report came back with "junctional melanocytic nevus, dysplastic type with severe atypia". My doctor said this was the best report I could have gotten since clinically, what her and the other doctor were seeing was melanoma. I am having it removed next week where she is going to take wider margins than usual (5-6mm) and then that will be sent to pathology. 

can anyone help me understand what exactly the path report means. Could I still have melanoma? The doctor basically said, it is an atypical mole and cells that are changing and we're lucky to have caught it now. 

the pathology report came back with "junctional melanocytic nevus, dysplastic type with severe atypia". My doctor said this was the best report I could have gotten since clinically, what her and the other doctor were seeing was melanoma. I am having it removed next week where she is going to take wider margins than usual (5-6mm) and then that will be sent to pathology. 

can anyone help me understand what exactly the path report means. Could I still have melanoma? The doctor basically said, it is an atypical mole and cells that are changing and we're lucky to have caught it now. 

the pathology report came back with "junctional melanocytic nevus, dysplastic type with severe atypia". My doctor said this was the best report I could have gotten since clinically, what her and the other doctor were seeing was melanoma. I am having it removed next week where she is going to take wider margins than usual (5-6mm) and then that will be sent to pathology. 

can anyone help me understand what exactly the path report means. Could I still have melanoma? The doctor basically said, it is an atypical mole and cells that are changing and we're lucky to have caught it now.