September 20: Atypical

A short while back, I got a few moles removed. Primarily because my wife battled melanoma last year and these couple of moles just didn't look right. Today, I got the lab results back and, thankfully, everything is cool. However, the lady from the Dermatologist's office did say that both moles were atypical, and that they were changing shape at the time of removal. That was a new experience for me, and a bit scary at the same time. She said the shape-changing isn't imminent that they would have turned into melanoma, but rather atypical moles have a higher probability to lead to that result if not removed as compared to normal moles. Jeez, to think just a year ago I didn't even know melanoma was as deadly a form of cancer as it is. You really do learn something new every day, don't you?