Hello all,
I feel so silly coming here because the issue I'm struggling with is currently entirely hypothetical and very minor compared to everyone else here, but I'm just very anxious and didn't know what else to do. I know that most of you probably aren't medical professionals either so I'm not expecting a response, I just thought that it might help to share these thoughts with someone. Sorry if I'm wasting all of your time.
My mum has a suspected basal cell carcinoma (awaiting testing) but I'm very anxious because she also has an autoimmune liver condition, which can also cause cancer. Does anybody know, can a BCC be a secondary cancer (e.g if my mum had liver cancer, could it have metastasised and show up as a BCC or something like that)? Also, my mum's mum passed away from malignant melanoma, so could this BCC turn into something more serious?
I know I'm probably worrying over nothing, I just can't stop obsessing over all of the possibilities and thinking about everything. I have a good knowledge about medical things which is partly why I can't calm down because I want more information but can't work out how to get it.
Thank you for listening, sorry for taking up space here. Sending lots of love and strength to all of you xx
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