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So, here's the thing:

I have a mole on my back, near my shoulderblade, that a while back started intermittently being all itchy.

A couple of times of late I've noticed it stings a little too.

This is unnerving, because there's a chance it might be nothing, and there's a chance it might be skin cancer.

The thing being that if you get it caught early, this is Not A Big Deal, and if you don't, this kills you.

I haven't had it checked yet.

And it occurred to me, recently, that this is more-or-less suicide by stealth, or at least an attempt at suicide by stealth, combined with a little bit of the irrational fear of being told it's bad that killed my paternal grandmother.

So I decided, time to kick that crap in the face and get it sorted.

I looked up skin/mole clinics. There's a MoleScan near me - getting to it by public transport involves a bit of a walk, but it's not too bad. I called them.

I went immediately to hold. After a couple of minutes, someone picked up the phone, but it turned out she'd picked up the wrong line, and had meant to leave me on hold.

A couple more minutes passed.

I decided they could go to hell, hung up, and scanned the list again. There's a place called the Skin and Mole Clinic in Joondalup that - due to it being located across the road from where I used to work - I happen to know is readily accessible by public transport despite being a long way from where I live, so I called them.

They get my custom on the basis that they picked up the bloody phone when I called. I have an appointment in a week and a half. I will get my mole checked out. If it is sketchy, it will be dealt with.

And I may write an irritated letter to MoleScan's head office.
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From:[personal profile] fred_mouse
Date: January 9th, 2010 01:49 pm (UTC)
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I'm with you on the molescan people - I sent an email to the contact address, asking for their opening hours, and when they were open over the holiday period. I've not heard back yet. I hadn't thought about it enough to think that there must be other options - I will do that Monday!
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