Well, drama over. The doctor gave me the top science advice of rubbing vaseline on the mole so as to calm down the irritation, and come back in a week. He also used a very high tech magnifing paper weight that looked like it came free from a drug company to measure it - 7mm by 4mm. So it looks like I am avoiding the scalpel for a week. He was also involving himself in some form of sublimal messaging making sure that I would come back to him by saying 'My name in Dr Brown' as every second sentance. He must have just been to a 'how to make myself memorable' seminar yesterday.

Ever had an experience of thinking you have bought one food item, putting it in your mouth and getting disgustingly shocked by what you find? Yep, that just happened to me. I thought I bought nice crispy apple chips, instead they turned to be soft and squashy. Not quite what I had in mind and now they are giving me a stomach ache. Boo.