Doctor's appointment

Another appointment gone by. Same as last week. Not much change. I even went on autopilot again and almost ended up at my old apartment. Yes, again. I did that last week too...

Differences from last week: My doctor cut something off my belly button. This will take a bit of explanation.....

Back tracking to my first pregnancy...

I'm an innie. I have never really seen my belly button until I was pregnant with Bug and in the last stages when the belly button pokes out. When it finally did, I noticed something on it. Just a little extra skin it looked like. It was skin toned, but a little darker than my belly. Still skin toned though. It looked like a bit of extra skin holding on by a thread pretty much. It didn't hurt or anything. It was just.... there. I didn't tell my doctor about it (side note: I have had the same doctor for all three pregnancies).

Second pregnancy, it was still there, but no changes really with it, and so I still didn't tell him about it. I didn't seem to need to.

Last week was the first time I pointed it out to him. It was dark. Almost brown. A pretty dark brown compared to my almost white belly. It kinda worried me. He took one look at it and claimed it was a mole that needed to go. I tried to explain to him that it wasn't always this dark, but I don't think he heard that. He said he could take it off right now, but to just let it go until after the delivery in the hopes that maybe I might be a bit numb, or at the very least, just went through so much pain, a little prick at my belly button would be nothing.

I let it go at that. At least it was going to go. I was ok with that idea. Then sometime this week, it was still dark, yet, a dark red, with the little stem of it red instead of skin toned like it used to be. Also if I wiggled it around, it kinda hurt. Like there was a pin or needle in my belly button. I started to get more concerned and I mentioned it to him again today. It is now gone, and getting tested. I have slight pains coming from it now, but hope they will be gone by tomorrow.

Back to the appointment today: So he cut that thing off (what ever it was) and afterwards said he would send it in to be tested for melanoma or whatever because of the changes in color I told you and him about, and while we were on the subject of skin cancer, I pointed out to him a huge mole I have had on my upper left arm my whole life. I may be imagining it, but the past little bit, I think there have been some slight changes in the mole in the way of little dark dots. I now have an appointment to a dermatologist tomorrow. Let's hope (and pray... lots of pray......) that I don't have any skin cancer, that would not be fun to deal with right now...