Recent BCC diagnosed - very confused !

Hi,

I am so happy you are now recovering well. Please take care, accept all the tlc you are offered :) 

Love and best wishes

xxx

Hi,

I hope that you are recovering well and not in too much discomfort.

I had my initial appointment with the plastic surgeon on the 23rd. As I have two BCC’s within10cms of one another, the option including skin grafts would result in two large bald patches, and therefore difficult to disguise. So his plan is to do a much larger excision, around my head, which (if all goes well) will mean they should be able to bring the two sides of the wound together. Not absolutely sure if it will work, so may wake up with a skin graft after all, but it was his best suggestion, also would involve a general anaesthetic instead of the local sedation. Obviously I am not thrilled at the prospect of a much longer scar and the general, but if it means losing less hair then it seems to be the best option for me. Back on the waiting list now, for upto six months, then pre assessment and the op the following week. Home in the same day to recover. Trying to put it to the back of my mind right now and hope that it happens sooner rather than later. 

Let me know how you’re going on, so hope things are now much improved.

Lots of love xx

Hi, Blue;)

So good to know you have a date set!

Mine was about 2.5 mm but the actual incision much larger, closing two flaps in a dual hatchet reconstruction, kind of like a pinwheel shape 

 The recovery wasn't so bad at all

Xoxoxo

Hi, 

mines about the same and I’m going in for biopsy on Tuesday. They said they’ll keep taking skin if the lab next door confirms BCC so I don’t even know how big I’ll be cut until the day. I’m so worried, it’s near my inner eye, just under my eyebrow above my eyelid, all of which are really sensitive areas and I’m so scared I’ll end up like Quasimodo.

Is anyone able to send pictures of their recovery please xxxxx

Hi,

Things have progressed quite quickly and I am now due surgery on Friday 16th May, this coming Friday! The proposed procedure is a ‘wide excision BCC - left frontal scalp’! Under general anaesthetic which I wasn’t anticipating. Very anxious despite attempting to keep it all in perspective. I have shoulder length hair and feeling most anxious about the expected hair loss. I hope they wait until I am sedated to remove whatever they think is necessary.

I have plenty of support around me for aftercare and moral support, which I am definitely grateful for. I will keep you updated.

i hope you are continuing well with your healing. Would love to know how you are doing.

Lots of love

xxxxxxx

So glad you have a date! It will all be over before you know it

You will definitely be OUT, no worries there

Probably better, because I apparently talked ( using the choicest words from my vocabulary according to the surgeon- Oops!) when they gave me conscious/twilight sedation.

Hair is growing back. In it's current phase, most closely resembles a Chia Pet

Get ready for some extra TLC and rest and recovery!

I was anxious like you, but it really wasn't bad AT ALL. Most of my dental apointments trumped this procedure on the trauma meter.

Take care, and let us know how you get on

Big hugs for tomorrow!!!

Xoxoxoxo 

Hi all

Everyone has been so helpful here, hugely anxious about the whole thing and finding this forum has been immensely helpful.

Quick update. I had the procedure as scheduled on 16th May. Not exactly prepared for the aftermath, fifty staples & also stitches with quite a bit of hair loss! But it’s now eight weeks post-op and finally feeling more ‘normal’! I saw the consultant at five weeks who thankfully confirmed that the biopsy result had removed the whole of the BCC’s :) 

The Plastics team have been amazing. Very supportive throughout, finally discharged on Tuesday, but with their direct line should I have any concerns.

The open wound has taken the longest time to finally heal. But the rest is steadily being covered by new hair growth. I have passed the hedgehog ;) phase and it’s growing well. 

I so hope that everyone here is now recovering well. Thank you everybody again for the amazing support, you really have been my lifeline.

xxoxxoxxoxx

Hi, Blue;)

So happy you are doing well! Great news on the clean margins!!