Mole (Update & Picture of what it looks like now)

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    Mole (Update & Picture of what it looks like now)

    A year or two ago I noticed on my chest this red mark and it sort of looked like a mole and the mole it self was reddish, well after a few days around the mole it was red and looked bruised.  Seen my doctor who has now left well he thought it looked like a bug bite and said if it didn't go away come back.  Well it did go away but turned into a mole a white one.  Then a few months later it turned reddish purplish again so with it turning red and then white I went to see my doctor with out an appointment because he had told me just come in and he'll take it off and send it out. 

    Well I tried to see him each time it turned red but his nurse wouldn't allow me and once even told me it wasn't a life or death matter and that I'll live also she said it looks as though the veins are getting tangled and that's why its turning red.  I told her she wasn't my doctor and how would she know if its not life or death anyway I never got to see him.

    Like I said every few months it goes from being white and where you can hardly see it to reddish purplish mole and then gets sort of a bruise around it. 

    Anyone ever have this sort of problem??? I see my new doctor on the 29th this time around it kind of hurts it's on my chest here is a picture.

       (Yea I'm very fair skinnedSmile) See the mole in the middle and the ring around it. It was brighter but it's starting to go away again. Once it goes away there isn't a ring around it and the mole turns white.

    My family members say I'm weird starting to feel that way I took a picture of it because it usually goes away by time I need a doctor to see it.

     

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    This looks serious to me, but I am not an MD. The experts always say that an irregular shape and varying color is serious.Get it checked NOW.

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    I agree with Lorib, please please at least go to a walk in clinic and see if you can get a referral to a dermotologist.

    The fact that the mole changes in colour, it looks like uneven edges on it and is bumpy, you should really really go.

    If it turns out to be nothing, then great.  If it turns out to be something (hoping it's not!) then good that you caught it.

     

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    Best to be safe and have this checked.  Changing and irregular moles are nothing to play around with.  It could be very serious, but it could also be nothing.  I am very fair skinned and always have all my moles checked at least once a year just to be on the safe side and if I had one that was changing, I would be in the office in a snap to have it checked.

    Also, if at all possible, I would go to a dermatologist.  If the Dr is all you can get into then do that but insist on a referral if they tell you it is nothing.  If it is veins getting tangled, I think there can be complications when removing it.  I could be wrong on that, but you would want someone that has experience with this to be taking care of it.

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    I would definitely get it checked.  My family has lots of moles and I have many of mine checked every annual physical.  Dr. always told me anything "patriotic" (red, white, or blue) should be checked, as should anything that changes shape or color.

    I have a large brown mole on my back that's never changed but I'm getting it removed b/c my employer is covering all deductibles from Jan-July, woohoo!

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    Liesje
    my employer is covering all deductibles from Jan-July, woohoo!

     

    That is awesome!

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    I would definitely get it checked out and if you can be seen by a dermatologist, that'd be even better. I did have something that looked very similar on my wrist. The dermatologist excised it and sent it off to pathology and it came back benign. I hope the same will be true for you.

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    TheDogHouseBCMPD

    Liesje
    my employer is covering all deductibles from Jan-July, woohoo!

     

    That is awesome!

     

    I know!  We have extra money, and are switching from a calendar year to our fiscal year (July-July) so everything in between is getting covered.  My co-worker's wife (also works here) is having a baby!

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     Definitely see a dermatologist! I  recently had a mole removed, they biopsied it and it came back as having abnormal cells. So the whole thing was removed. Do not mess around with moles!

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    Seen the doctor yesterday 12-29 he's gonna remove it and send it in I go on 1-14 to have it removed.  I printed out the picture I posted of it being red since I knew it would go away and of course it is no where near as red as it was.

    Here is what it looks like now. Weird right. My doctor told his nurse to set up the appointment for the first thursday in Jan instead of doing that she gave me the 14th anyway she then says do you mind if I take a look at it. I said sure I show her and she says that doesn't look like a mole to me.  Then she says is ur bra strap rubbing against it to make it that way I said no she then says are you pressing up against something to do that?  I told her why would I? & what would I be pressing up against? 

    The doctor wanted the picture to be in my chart and the nurse just says that doesn't look like a mole and its very weird that now it's not even red.  I said well I'm weird in that way lol.

     

    On the 7th I go in for a bunch of blood work, he wants to recheck everything and also recheck about having inflammation in my body I told him about the numbness and burning and tingling in my thighs he gave me a prescription for something but walmart said it was like $94 lol no way I can't afford $94 for meds. So I'm gonna call and see if he can give me something else that is cheaper. The pharmacist said its was for seizures and or pain in legs.

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     Well I'm glad you went to the doctor because that does not look good and it NOT normal.  I hope it comes back as nothing!

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    Thanks hope it's nothing either little worried right now the mole that was white yesterday is now red again Tongue Tied