Bill Price

I had the operation on 3^rd July, and the tissue was sent for biopsy. On the 10^th I got the result of the scan – all clear, nothing was evident in the vital organs or lymph glands. It looks like I will only need a three monthly check-up. 

On the 17^th I got the results of the biopsy – again all clear, nothing seems to have drifted away from the melanoma into the surrounding tissue – so great. All clear, but three month check-ups for the next three years just to be sure. 

Marj had said a couple of times that she didn’t like the look of a mole on my back. She urged me to let the doctor have a look. The practice nurse thought it needed checking properly, and booked me in to see a dermatologist at Bolton Hospital. 

The dermatologist removed the offending lesion, and arranged for me to see a specialist on 22^nd June. He needed to check if it had spread, so I had a blood test and an x-ray her and then, and was booked in for a scan on 30^th June, and an operation to remove the surrounding tissue for biopsy on 3^rd July. That’s quick – and shows the NHS can be brilliant.