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@hrhwilliam

Hi @lauralb welcome to the Connect Head and Neck group. It seems that your mom is in that limbo of treatment area which happens all too often in some areas of the country sadly. My suggestion would be to hound everyone involved until someone takes action or gives you a solid answer as to why no one is taking care of her.
I have little experience with dermatology other than to realize it has been specialized primarily for acne and cosmetics for the most part. But when it comes to confirmed cancer, the oncologist should be getting involved and should take over driving the bus.
You might consider going outside your local area, a university hospital perhaps if you’re not getting any action.
Let’s see if someone else pops in here with some experience in MOHS on the scalp and the route forward. In the meantime make some noise and have courage on this path.

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Thank you for your thoughts. I've been hounding everyone and finally determined that the mohs oncologists affiliated with the dermatology entity is in the network, that she is pretty much approved for a consultation (she hasn't even had that...) and all they have to do is make an appointment for a consultation. But it seems they prefer to just do the biopsy, tell her she has melanoma and then not answer phone calls or do anything. It took another hour and twenty minutes on the phone this morning just to determine that setting the appointment is all that has to be done. I have heard nothing. So today, I will have to tell my mom that we are still in limbo. She's a strong woman and can handle most any news - but she has a real hard time being left in the dark. So do I for that matter. I'll be calling the mohs folks again now...