The strange mark on my arm (2)

I had an appointment with my GP today. I showed him the strange mark on my arm. "Oh that's a scoobydoo" (well he probably didn't actually say "scoobydoo"). "It's dermatalogical". I said "So it's nothing to worry about then?". "No". One beat, two beats, three beats. "But come back straight away if it gets any bigger".

So on the one hand reassurance, but on the other hand obsession with the size of the mark. And fear.

The strange mark on my arm

I have a strange mark on the inside of my right arm, near the top. I noticed it (or rather my wife did) just before Christmas. At the time we thought it was a bruise. I noticed it again yesterday (or rather my wife did). It is now bigger than it was with a central pale brown area of perhaps half a centimetre, with an irregular reddish area around it of about a centimetre and a half.

I can't deny that I'm worried about it - skin cancer immediately springs to mind.

I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday - we shall see.