So to begin with, I have major health issues specially cancer that curse the women in my family. My mother had ovarian cancer at 20 and another type at 25 that post menopausal women get, landed her in medical books. Anyway, so I m very cautious of my health especially since I ve had my daughter.. At 13 I had a large discolored mole removed from under my right shoulder blade, I don t remember further tests being done. I ve had several suspicious moles for years now (large, discolored, edgy borders, and growth to them). recently I ve noticed new large moles, I ve also been feeling unwell and fatigued for no reason. My right shoulder has been very achey, when I went to rub it I noticed a lump that hurt when I pressed on it.there was no markings in my skin that it was a pimple.but I tried popping it and it only bled. Now my shoulder hurts still it s a still pain that s moved down to my right elbow.whenever I push on it, it now sends a shooting tingly pain to my fingertips.I ve also noticed a dark line on my left index and middle finger nail. And yes I m concerned it s melanoma, that was my great nanas first cancer.
Hello, I can sense your anxiety of cancer as there is a lot of family clustering of cancer cases. However there are many details which would have been more helpful such as your age and ethnicity. Also, the initial mole removed histology report. I understand that the shoulder pain is really bothersome to you, however it is too early to attribute it to cancer less than 5% of melanoma are familial and most of the family clustering is due to common environmental factors like sun exposure. The best way to alleviate your fear of melanoma is to get one of the mole biopsied. It can easily be done by dermatologist on old basis. Try to rule out other causes of shoulder pain such as uncontrolled diabetes of muscular sprain. Do revert for any further clarification.