September
2006
Another biopsy
An update on the latest happenings with the melanoma. I think I mentioned I found a lump on my left arm, miles away from where the original melanomas were removed from. Two weeks ago I called in to the clinic and I was scheduled in fairly swiftly to have it looked at.
One of the consultants looked quite concerned after reading in my notes about the 6mm tumor which put me in this boat. Well, looks like yet another biopsy to remove part or all of this new lump, my first lump. I have to wait for the date to come through though. The consultant didn’t give anything away. Early days, best not to jump ahead, even though I know what might be ahead, as is normally the case it might not happen. I drove home feeling less stressed and better than I normally do.
It’s now actually running into the second week, since seeing the consultant and I’ve not had a date come though for the operation, usually this kind of delay is normal and might boil down to how many biopsies have to be carried out each day. It does however leave you hanging in there, knowing you might have a possible recurrence of your cancer on your hands arm. It might not be the case that it is back, equally it could be that, so the hanging around is actually the worst bit, and just latley you might catch me staring into space when I might be weighing up the possible outcomes. This isn’t a mole, this is a lump and that kind of means it’s a bit more worrisome.
