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OK have a feeling I know the answer to this but just thought a couple of second/third opinions might help...
On Saturday morning when I woke up my boyfriend noticed a bit of dried blood on a mole I've got on my collarbone. It didn't hurt, but when I looked at it I could see it had been bleeding a bit and the middle is quite red. It's a fairly large mole anyway and as far as I can remember has always been there but it seemed a bit larger than I remembered (I don't usually pay it a lot of attention) and more irregular on the sides. I'm just wondering, do you think I should get it checked by a doctor? The likelihood is I caught it on something while getting undressed which caused the bleeding, but the irregularity and seeming change in size is worrying me a little, particularly as I've just come back from 2 months in strong sunshine in New Zealand and Fiji (and despite copious use of sunscreen I did get burnt). Should I go to the docs, or am I probably worrying over nothing?
On Saturday morning when I woke up my boyfriend noticed a bit of dried blood on a mole I've got on my collarbone. It didn't hurt, but when I looked at it I could see it had been bleeding a bit and the middle is quite red. It's a fairly large mole anyway and as far as I can remember has always been there but it seemed a bit larger than I remembered (I don't usually pay it a lot of attention) and more irregular on the sides. I'm just wondering, do you think I should get it checked by a doctor? The likelihood is I caught it on something while getting undressed which caused the bleeding, but the irregularity and seeming change in size is worrying me a little, particularly as I've just come back from 2 months in strong sunshine in New Zealand and Fiji (and despite copious use of sunscreen I did get burnt). Should I go to the docs, or am I probably worrying over nothing?
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Better it be nothing and you waste 5 mins than not get it checked and it be something serious
That said, I've got one of my sternum and I knock it or catch it occasionally and it goes funny or bleeds from where I've scratched it so tend to leave it for a couple of days to see if it's just from that.
Hope it goes ok tomorrow
Just a quick update...the doctor had a look and told me it had probably caught on something which had caused it to bleed, but as I was concerned about the irregularity and change in shape etc she said she'd recommend I have it removed. So I will be going back in for a minor op (apparently they just give you a bit of local anaesthetic and scrape it off, sounds horrid but doesn't hurt or so she said) then it'll be sent off for histology - which I think is where they analyse it for any potential problems. If anything comes up from that then I'll have to have more treatment, obviously, but she didn't seem overly concerned. One less mole is fine by me anyway, damn things!
Thanks again for all your supportive comments
The local anesthetic will defenitly stop you feeling any pain at all. I've had stuff done with local anesthetic and you really can't feel anything. I've had a few teeth out and all I could feel was this very very vague tugging sensation. I'm guessing it'd be similar to that.
Hope all goes well anyway. I'm sure it'll be fine. :yes: