If anyone in you family likes to tan, discourage them as often as you can. Spending time in the sun leads to all types of crappy things, and I've enclosed a photo to help with your discouraging.
I'm lucky; at least for now. My mother died from Melanoma, and it wasn't a pleasant way to go.
I'm really glad that you had it taken care of and even more glad that you will be OK. I think I am happy that as a teen I never did have the patience to lay in the sun to tan, and that many of my jobs were indoors. Take care, my friend.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at other people in the waiting room, I realized I can have more visits in the future. It's a sobering thought.
DeleteThank you for your kind words.
I'm assuming you had MOHS. Bob had the same thing a year and a half ago. They had to go back six times before they quit cutting. It was at his temple and he had them take a pic with his cell phone before they stitched him up. The hole was about the diameter of a golf ball. Hardly shows now. And he is dark complected so it came as a surprise that he had the basil cell.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what type of procedure they performed. The doctor spent a few minutes deadening, then went to work with a scalpel. I couldn't feel the cut, except as pressure.
DeleteAfter cutting, it felt, and sounded, as though he was clipping something off. This, too went on for a few minutes.
After he was finished with this step, he stitched for another few minutes and left the assistant to bandage the wound.
Like Rita above, I wish I had thought to take a photo of the deep hole in Joe's forehead. I had NO idea there was so much deep flesh in the forehead area. But it's invisible to everyone but us, since we know where it was. I had an unexpected biopsy this morning, and if it turns out okay I'm finding another dermatologist. Ours has recently turned into a prick.
ReplyDeleteMy dermatologist is old; and practices only in his office. I'll continue to see him, until I don't feel safe sitting in a chair while an old man carves on my skin.
DeleteHoly crap, dude! I'm so glad you caught it and are okay, but.... wow. I think it's the size of the freakin' bandage that threw me. I am of the tanning-all-summer generation, though I haven't sunned for years. I keep a close eye on things, though. I do have a very interesting freckle that looks like Britain and Florida had a lovechild.
ReplyDeleteAs instructed, I left the initial bandage on, until this morning. I removed it, looked, and was a little shocked at the incision.
DeleteThe incision is horizontal, high on my cheek, and it looks like it's about two inches long.
The stitches are very small, and close. I didn't count them all, but I'd say there are about twenty.
so glad that you had this taken care of and that you are gonna be ok... I am keeping you in my prayers.
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