Hiya ive just been diagnosed with bcc on my forehead and the consultant is referring me to a plastic surgeon just wondering if anyone else has been through this and can offer any advice
Hello I've recently been diagnosed with BCC it's approximately 11mm on my shoulder, I'm 40 and think it's been there for a year to 18 months. Since my punch biopsy a month ago, it's changed significantly, which I understand can happen after a biopsy...
My current diagnosis is an overlap of BCC and SCC and I have been told that I will get the results of which type it is in 6-8 weeks. I am 3 days post scalp excision with a skin graft from my thigh and I am currently very tired and having trouble sleeping...
2 yr ago I had surgery above my evrbrow to remove a bcc, was initially very disfigured but has returned to almost normal. I'm currently having treatment in thr way of immunotherapy cream for a bcc on the side of my nose for 6wks, quite angry that a...
Hi there, I have just been diagnosed with SCC - I have appointments over the next few weeks with ENT, Dermatology and a PET Scan. I am very very scared, single Mum with two young kids who are 10 and 16. I feel really well, just like myself, not sleeping...
Hello this is my first post. I have had a leison on my forehead for about 4-5 years and past GP's have given antibiotic cream to help it but it never healed. In December I was sent by a new GP for 2ww to dermatology and had a biopsy which came back benign...
Good evening, I've recently started Imiquimod cream 3 alternate days for two weeks.I have finished the first weeks course and absolutely nothing has happened. Is this normal ? Or do I presume it's not going to work.IIt wasn't the specialists first choice...
Hi Ive been referred to a Dermatologist for a possible SCC. One on my knee that’s a few months old but disappeared. Very faint now but where it was it is pink when I come out the shower. And a new one which is in that crusty stage. So it’s all new to...
I was recently diagnosed with primary nodular infiltrative basal cell carcinoma right perichondrium area I'm having such a run around with my local hospital dermatologist dept I've had to contact PALS 3 times to get things moving along since November...
Hi there. Im not new to the site due to having very close family members (my mum, brother and Aunty) pass from different types of cancers. But I am looking for some support and advice on what I am experiencing at the moment. I am a 38 year old Female...
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