Just when I begin to relax about my melanoma diagnosis

[Webbie73]

I went for my first 3 month check up. At the time I had a biopsy on a spot I was concerned about. I had anew dark brown freckle appear about a year ago. In December thefeckle was peely like a sunburn. Derm thought is was ok. At that time I had a biopsy for what turned out to be melanoma. Since December the freckle rapidly changed to be raise and wart like. I brought it up again and had it biopsed. Turns out to be squamous cell carcinoma. I have to go back for an excision of the area. Just when I began to calm down about the melanoma. What scares me is how am I going to tell the problem spots from the normal spots. Even my derm has no answer. She is associated with the Albert medical school at Brown Universary so I know she is good. Guess I am just rambling here.

[Didee]

I would probably get a second opinion if I was in your shoes each time one is declared to be safe and I wanted to make sure.
I am not at all trying to be silly here but I would possibly then do a third if it is feasible. I have to do a calculation 3 times on a calculator (I am useless at it) and take the 2 out of the three answers as being the right one.

[tomsteve]

i'm with didee. i'm wonderin iffen theres a way to find out iffen a dermatologist is trained( and how good) in the detection of skin cancers, other than a dermatologist working right at a cancer center.