I was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma the other day after a shave biopsy and am now waiting for a referral for a wide excision. I'm totally freaking out because this mole appeared two years ago and I saw a GP 18 months ago who said it was fine. It looks very much like the photos I've seen online of nodular melanoma which websites say is fast-growing, so I'm really worried that it will have spread. I don't really know what "fast-growing" means in terms of melanoma though - would it spread in weeks, months or years? My mum died of a different cancer just last September and it's so awful to get this cancer diagnosis now. The anxiety is overwhelming.