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11-28-2018 02:57 PM - edited 10-25-2019 09:47 AM
11-28-2018 04:36 PM
I'm blonde with fair skin and I used to get burnt at the beach in New York's Coney Island. One year I went to Israel - and my face and head were bright red. In those days, we didn't know about sun screen. Fortunately, I don't have skin cancer --- but I think it could be due to many other things.
My mother was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 1979 - and she thought it was from smoking just a few cigarettes. I never smoked - and I was diagnosed with the same cancer in 2005.
My best friend Brenda was diagnosed with stage 4 Lung Cancer in 2015 - she never smoked - and lived a clean life. Go figure!!!!
11-28-2018 04:38 PM
Shorty: Keep us informed about ur next steps. We're very caring!!!! Sandy,Oxnard, CA
11-28-2018 04:42 PM
i don't know whereyou reside, but the huntsman dcancer center is a good place to see if they can help withyour treatment. you may want to ask your dr about it.
prayers for you and your family
11-28-2018 04:47 PM
@Shorty2U I am So sorry you have to go through this after going through breast cancer too....🙁
Thank you you for sharing the importance. about using Sunscreen. Even on cloudy days! EVERY DAY when outside use sunscreen on exposed areas.... year round! PLEASE EVERYONE.
@Shorty2U Just to ease your mind some....I had had a friend who had to have a skin cancer removed from her face....and like you it was a big ordeal....but know that with the final outcome and some plastic surgery to fix the area....she came ot looking so good!
((Hugs)).❤️❤️ ~ Sea Maiden~
11-28-2018 04:54 PM
@Shorty2U, so sorry to hear about your diagnosis, hopefully it was caught early. I also had a 'scare' 2 years ago. A spot on my nose would not heal, so i went to see the dermatologist. They 'shaved' the area and did a biopsy...it was pre cancer, thank goodness.
I also need to have a full body scan every year, which I knew people did but never did it for myself...I will do it.....cancer is nothing to mess around with.
I hope the cancer is not to deep and the surgery will be minimal, and yes I understand about being vain....it's your face after all.
11-28-2018 05:30 PM
A few weeks before knee surgery in October last year, a tiny new red spot on my hand was biopsied and came back as early stage squamous. The spot had only been visible a few short days. Because of my scheduled surgery, I couldn’t treat the spot right away. A complication with my incision meant a 5 month delay before I could see my dermatologist and treat the spot with liquid nitrogen.
I was finally able to resolve that issue in late March. Another red spot appeared in August, and so far I have had 14 pre cancers treated on my hands. My next appt is Monday, and I have 2 more red spots to be checked, that I feel sure will need cryosurgery.
Derm appts will now be part of my future for the rest of my life; every 6 months minimum, but likely every time a new spot appears on my skin.
11-28-2018 05:47 PM
Sending you lots of prayers and a big (((HUG)))
11-28-2018 05:54 PM
@Shorty2U Im sorry about your skin cancer. Hopefully they caught it early. I wasnt so lucky.
I had a red blemish on the ridge of my nose. I thought it was just acne. I had it for years. Then it started to bleed. I still thought it was acne that just wouldnt go away and I was able to cover it with makeup. So one day I went to get some botox and I asked the doctor about it. She told me I needed to see my derm ASAP!
Well they biopsied it, and it hurt. You cant help but to cry because of ware they injected me. It took 4 shots just to biopsy it.
A week later the results came back I had skin cancer. It was so bad I had to go to Stanford University to have it removed. It took 6 hours 7 numbing shots they cut from the 11 lines to the end bones of my nose. I looked like Frankenstein!
It took about a year for it to be fully healed. I was offered a free 'sanding' but after I went thru that trauma I declined. I can cover it up with make-up. It looks ok and Im cancer free, and yes wear
SUNSCREEN!!!!
11-28-2018 06:08 PM
@hsawaknow wrote:@Shorty2U Im sorry about your skin cancer. Hopefully they caught it early. I wasnt so lucky.
I had a red blemish on the ridge of my nose. I thought it was just acne. I had it for years. Then it started to bleed. I still thought it was acne that just wouldnt go away and I was able to cover it with makeup. So one day I went to get some botox and I asked the doctor about it. She told me I needed to see my derm ASAP!
Well they biopsied it, and it hurt. You cant help but to cry because of ware they injected me. It took 4 shots just to biopsy it.
A week later the results came back I had skin cancer. It was so bad I had to go to Stanford University to have it removed. It took 6 hours 7 numbing shots they cut from the 11 lines to the end bones of my nose. I looked like Frankenstein!
It took about a year for it to be fully healed. I was offered a free 'sanding' but after I went thru that trauma I declined. I can cover it up with make-up. It looks ok and Im cancer free, and yes wear
SUNSCREEN!!!!
@hsawaknow......oh my, that sounds like it hurt a lot. But, it is wonderful you are now cancer free. Wish I could say the same.
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