Hello, Hello, is there anybody in there?

I am completely paranoid about getting cancer. Sorry, but that's the way I am. My Dad had skin cancer (a small patch which was cured with a small, single laser treatment) and regrettably, I have lost a few friends and neighbours to the disease. So when a mole on my head did something funny I freaked and went to the doctors.

"This mole has done something funny!"
"Um, you mean like singing and dancing?"
"WTF?"
"Sorry. That seborrheic keratosis is completely benign and there's nothing to worry about."
"Can I have a second opinion?"
"Yes, it's the same as my first one."

I got sighed at, but the doctor referred me to a specialist who took on a more serious stance.

I went today.

"There's really nothing to worry about."
"But it did something funny a while back!"
"Like singing or dancing?"
"Stop it."

He took a long hard look using a hand microscope thingy.

"Nope, it's fine"
"Sure?"
"Oh, hang on, it IS doing something funny, it's has a very slight colour difference in one part."
"Oh(!), so not singing or dancing then?"
"I'll do the jokes. I will remove it to be absolutely sure. Get on that couch."

He gave me a small injection. "That will numb the area, you won't feel a thing."

After a few minutes of mostly pain, the job was done and I left feeling quite shaky, possibly due to relief, mostly due to fear.

"Feeling shaky?" he asked, "eat a Mars bar, the sugar will make you fell better".

I walked out of the clinic and got into my car. The rest of the anesthetic kicked in.

I turned on the radio.

It was playing Pink Floyd, "Comfortably Numb". No, really.