@ossobuco,
Good news indeed and Jo was quite relieved to hear it. Jo said the doctor thought the spot on her palm looked more like a freckle. To me, seeing it briefly for the first time, it reminded me of when I was a kid and would accidentally jam a pencil lead into my palm. The spot would be discolored for a few days, otherwise fine. Jo's spot on her palm looks to be about that same size and coloring. Glad the doctor will check it again in 6 months and that now he'll have a baseline to compare it to.
Jo, if the spots on your face turn out to be basal cells and the doctor wants to put you on imiquidmod ointment, I've got at least a half dozen of the sample sizes they gave me that you can have. That stuff is extremely expensive - something like $600 for 24 doses.