Very very good advice, and all good wishes on your complete recovery.
I've had two instances of malignant melanoma, the last being here in '13. Dr. Casper on my first visit, saw me, saw it, and excised it then and there. Subsequent surgery by a plastic surgeon revealed no spread into my lymph nodes, and that Dr Casper wisely had cut a sufficiently wide and deep swath in the area so the margins were 'clean.'
Do not avoid a dermatologist exam ever. The more recent melanoma was on my back and I felt nothing in the way of warning. The first was a 50 year old 'birth mark' that turned colors - big warning.
Great and thoughtful thread.
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