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Thank you Marble Cake. I thought it was in an advanced stage since an inch of his finger was amputated. I guess not. Good luck to you and your husband. (((hugs)))
Even basil cell or squamous, which
are the other 2 forms of skin cancer that aren't nearly as serious, the docs take a big chunk
Out and can mame you. The spreading of melanoma depends on many factors. Namely ulceration, mitosis rate, if it spread beyond the dermis, etc. Maming the patient
is irreavent.
I'm glad I could give you this info. I certainly learned ALOT in these 3 years my husband has been
battling this disease.
So, the question is, was melanoma's death sentence reputation overstated? I believe basal cell carcinoma is scaring thousands of people into thinking they'll be dead soon. I've got good news for them? My parents had basal cell on their noses and cheeks. Dad lived until almost eighty nine, mom until eighty three. They both died of a stroke. I had a black and red, oozing one on my chest in 1985. The doctor looked concerned , it was biopsied and was basal cell. Haven't had one since.
What are your feelings about the seriousness of melanoma?
Any skin cancer is serious!!! It's CANCER! What part of that don't you get?
I've had three BCC in the past four months, and I am going to a full body scan in a few weeks. I am terrified.
The first one, they took a quarter-sized chunk out of the bridge of my nose with Mohs surgery. The second one I had to use chemo, it was at the base of my throat. The third one is at the corner of my lip, and she froze it off at the time we found it. It's been three weeks of having an ugly ulcer on my face. Two months before that of ugly black eyes and stitches, and a scar on my chest.
I am on a skin cancer forum, and there is a woman who also had a few BCCs in a couple months, and they just kept treating them. A few months later, she had another one, this one was melanoma. They found it in her lymph nodes. They did an MRI and found that she is eaten up with it, and has four months to live!
So how nice for you that your one BCC and your parents few BCCs were taken care of. Good for you!
But please don't ever be so nonchalant in discussing this with someone, because you have no idea what they may have already been through.
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My cousin told me her husband found a suspicious mole on his skin. Luckily a doctor lived next door. The doctor took one look, called a specialist and got him in fast. It was melanoma. The doctor said if they had wasted any time, her husband would be dead. He has brown hair and his skin is average, not light.
A few weeks ago, I had to make a long condolence thread in the Retirement Forum because a not so old (68) woman --online and in life friend-- died of melanoma. She had reddish hair and lightish skin (northern Italian) and the spot was on her foot. In retrospect, her husband says it had probably already spread by the time it was diagnosed. She was diagnosed in June, received treatment, was told in November to start Hospice.
My sister had melanoma in her mid-20s, stage 3. Her doctor told her, "We need to be vigilant... it's not if it comes back but when." She's since had 2 recurrences.
I was very grateful to be diagnosed with only basal cell last year (late 30s). Melanoma is absolutely terrifying.
Marble cake, you and your husband are in my thoughts.
My ex and I had a very fair skinned friend with blue eyes. He was in his thirties. The last time I saw him was at the mall. He stopped and told me (this was forty years ago at least) that he had a very insignificant spot on his leg and the doctor was very concerned. He said he just didn't understand all the fuss. At some point later I heard he was spending his days in bed. Then I heard he died.
This was my first communication with anyone regarding skin cancer. I now believe it was melanoma. All I've read about BCC is, "they rarely metastasize." Mom had enough nasal cartilage removed that she had a dent in her nose @ 80.
I apologize to anyone to whom I've sounded insensitive.
Even basal and squamous cell cancers if not treated and be quite ugly and eventually kill. I had a mental patient once, locked ward, dementia, never got his squamous call carcinoma treated. Half of his face was rotting off and he had the most terrible odor. Even right after being bathed and cleaned, he smelled like rotting meat. He died not long after.
Yes! My niece (in her 20's) was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma last April. She had surgery to remove her lymph nodes. She started Interferon treatments and had to stop when she found out she was pregnant. I don't know how she is going to handle the sleepless nights of a new baby. She has a 3 year old son.
I am so worried for her.
She had a very suspicious mole on her back. She waited about 6 months to have it checked out. If she waited any longer, who knows when it would have reached stage 4. People, please, do not ignore suspicious moles. My niece's mole was about the size of a pencil eraser and multi-colored.
Since that post had to be deleted for being political, it's about tanning beds. They are killing people by causing melanomas. Don't ever use one.
Use a good sunscreen every time you are out in the sun.
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I believe basal cell carcinoma is scaring thousands of people into thinking they'll be dead soon. I've got good news for them? My parents had basal cell on their noses and cheeks. Dad lived until almost eighty nine, mom until eighty three. They both died of a stroke. I had a black and red, oozing one on my chest in 1985. The doctor looked concerned , it was biopsied and was basal cell. Haven't had one since. 
