Skin cancer

mockchoc
mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
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Pretty sure I have it but keep putting off seeing the doctor. Ok tell me how stupid I am. Thank you!
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  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    You're stupid, now go see a Dr! :flowerforyou:
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    You're stupid, now go see a Dr! :flowerforyou:

    This is why you are my friend :bigsmile:

    I am just too scared to have my temple cut up. Anywhere else is ok :cry:
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    they may have other options. just go to just check out ur options. no one's gna be ready to take action on the first day. once you find out what they want to do to you and when you can start avoiding that day on the calendar and looking at alternative medicine options online. or just go depending on what their plan is.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    I am just too scared to have my temple cut up. Anywhere else is ok :cry:

    Putting it off just means more opportunity for it to spread, if it is actually skin cancer. Early detection and treatment should be what you strive for.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    Get it checked. The quicker you act, the less invasive the treatment options. The longer you wait, the more time you've wasted worrying about something that might not be cancer....
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Look at the bright side...it could just be a gross mole! Now, go see a Dr! *smacks you on the forehead.* Either way, you'll probably have a cool scar to show for it!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Yeah, this is all good advice here. Go have it checked. They have chemotherapy creams now that cause it to crumble away and there is a hole and exposed without skin there, but then it heals and the skin grows back and you can't even tell. This only works if you catch it early enough.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I appreciate the advice. Thanks. It's not coloured though like a mole it's skin coloured but has a little scab that keep coming off and not never wants to get better properly.

    We live in the skin cancer centre of the universe I hear, North Queensland. I've had other moles cut off and they were nothing dangerous I later found out but this is odd. I'll force myself to book into the doc tomorrow. Might do some googling too.
  • Frank_Just_Frank
    Frank_Just_Frank Posts: 454 Member
    My wife once had a lump her obgyn insisted was just a milk cyst. A couple months later she had horrendous back pain because the tumour spread to her spine. She's ok now, but time is your enemy if you think that's actually a tumour.
  • Wendysworld13
    Wendysworld13 Posts: 225 Member
    Having just lived through one of the worst years of my life (my partner had stage 4 throat/mouth cancer) I will tell you - GO TO THE DOCTOR. There is so much that can be done with early detection.
    Good Luck
  • HoosierBecky
    HoosierBecky Posts: 60 Member
    I know how you feel. I had a spot on my nose and my thoughts were they would do a massive amount of cutting but it turned out to be something easily treatable. I have had other places cut off and had to go back to have more taken so they make sure they get it all but everything turned out okay. Every mole I had that looked textbook bad was nothing.

    I guess my point is I was very afraid to go but after I did I had such peace of mind knowing I had a my back (and front, top and bottom) on keeping on top of the weird moles.

    Please, please go see a doctor. And let us know how it turns out too.:flowerforyou:
  • BigBrunette
    BigBrunette Posts: 1,543 Member
    I work at a cancer center. Go see a dermatologist. If it's something serious, the earlier you get it treated, the better outcome you'll have. If it's something benign, you can stop worrying about it. :)
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    I had a family member in the same boat. Had a suspicious mole that he had a feeling was cancer and put off seeing a doctor. By the time he finally did see a doctor his entire body was filled with cancer including his brain...

    The earlier cancer gets diagnosed the better your chances of fighting it are.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Yeah, this is all good advice here. Go have it checked. They have chemotherapy creams now that cause it to crumble away and there is a hole and exposed without skin there, but then it heals and the skin grows back and you can't even tell. This only works if you catch it early enough.

    I just want to add that the reason I know this is because my mother had this treatment (it's not just something I heard about, but a real treatment). But, this was for treating a mild skin cancer (also not a mole). She actually had the symptoms you are describing.
  • natalie412
    natalie412 Posts: 1,039 Member
    I appreciate the advice. Thanks. It's not coloured though like a mole it's skin coloured but has a little scab that keep coming off and not never wants to get better properly.

    We live in the skin cancer centre of the universe I hear, North Queensland. I've had other moles cut off and they were nothing dangerous I later found out but this is odd. I'll force myself to book into the doc tomorrow. Might do some googling too.

    That sounds like basal cell carcinoma - not serious at all, but it will keep growing. So get it taken care of!!!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I appreciate the advice. Thanks. It's not coloured though like a mole it's skin coloured but has a little scab that keep coming off and not never wants to get better properly.

    We live in the skin cancer centre of the universe I hear, North Queensland. I've had other moles cut off and they were nothing dangerous I later found out but this is odd. I'll force myself to book into the doc tomorrow. Might do some googling too.

    That sounds like basal cell carcinoma - not serious at all, but it will keep growing. So get it taken care of!!!

    I've looked at some pictures and yes it does look like it could be a basal cell carcinoma. I wish I hadn't looked though :sick: Booking in today. I promise!
  • Mumbles83
    Mumbles83 Posts: 626 Member
    My Friend died of Cancer :( ! go get it checked !!!!!! .... my mum just got a load of tests for cancer recently got the all clear though ! :)
  • dezcast
    dezcast Posts: 429 Member
    Its not as bad as you think. Ive been through it, and I was expecting it to be alot worse than it was. You'll be fine and please make the appt. I waited too long and if I could change anything I would have gone in right away.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Hi just back to thank those who gave advice and for those that asked me to come back to say what happened well I got it checked to day and yes it's a skin cancer but it's small and it is a basal cell carcinoma which is the type to not spread to your lymph nodes and yes you can die from it but not when I've found it so soon. So thanks all!
  • BigBrunette
    BigBrunette Posts: 1,543 Member
    I'm so glad you got it checked out! Good luck to you.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I'll be fine, thanks!
  • woodwardtm
    woodwardtm Posts: 361 Member
    Get it checked. The quicker you act, the less invasive the treatment options. The longer you wait, the more time you've wasted worrying about something that might not be cancer....

    This ^^^

    Better to have your temple biopsied than to lose your life.
  • woodwardtm
    woodwardtm Posts: 361 Member
    Hi just back to thank those who gave advice and for those that asked me to come back to say what happened well I got it checked to day and yes it's a skin cancer but it's small and it is a basal cell carcinoma which is the type to not spread to your lymph nodes and yes you can die from it but not when I've found it so soon. So thanks all!

    So glad that you went! Kudos for facing your fears and prayers for your healthy future!
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    there must be some pretty solid reasons for u to think u have this. go see a dr.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    you're prolly fine.
  • bert16
    bert16 Posts: 726 Member
    Lost my best friend to melanoma at age 31... boy, do I regret all the time we spent outside getting a savage tan when we were in high school.

    Go to the doctor. Now.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Hi just back to thank those who gave advice and for those that asked me to come back to say what happened well I got it checked to day and yes it's a skin cancer but it's small and it is a basal cell carcinoma which is the type to not spread to your lymph nodes and yes you can die from it but not when I've found it so soon. So thanks all!

    *thumbs up* I am glad you went.

    I am currently living a nightmare as I watch my mom waste away from small cell lung cancer (yes, she smoked). Early detection is KEY with cancer. I hope your treatment goes well.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    there must be some pretty solid reasons for u to think u have this. go see a dr.

    I don't "think" I have it. I do have it. I saw the skin doctor today.

    I live in the skin cancer capital of the world by the way. It's very common here.
  • STrooper
    STrooper Posts: 659 Member
    I saw something at the end of 1996 that did not look right and it was the first time I noticed it. Turned out it was malignant melanoma of a mole that I had my entire life. My doctor told me the fact that I did not wait or put it off meant that treatment was a lot easier AND that it probably saved my life.

    Lesson learned...
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Just had 4 spots taken off of my fair white girl face about 5 days ago. Actually, all four spots look GREAT-- better than they have in quite a while!

    Oh, and my dad died of a skin cancer on his fair white man bald head that metastacized in his brain.

    Get your *kitten* to the doctor. And your face, too.

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