I was referred by the doctor at the end of January to the plastic surgery department of my local hospital. The appointment happened on 13th Feb and today I have had my biopsy done. He has taken 3 samples as I have multiple lesions that are suspicious. All clustered around my nose!! I've been beyond anxious the last few weeks. But now they are done I feel more relaxed oddly. Still got to wait 4 - 6 weeks for results. But as I had to go into surgery today, have two big needles jabbed in either side of my nose and 3 punch biopsies and stitches I kind of know what to expect from now on. I'm confident that even if results come back positive they will be able to operate and get rid of the cancer. Think it was more the unknown that made me so anxious. Hope this helps someone else who is worrying. Xxx
Hi Helen
Yes, the peer to peer support certainly does help 
Comforting too. I am still waiting for an apt to come through now, the waiting is just so hard, waiting for apts, waiting for results....I keep phoning them!
I am hearing mixed responses to surgery, that MOHs is better? Less scaring than a complete removal? That is if it is a BCC? I need to research further though as I don't know enough about any of this really.
I am pretty similar to you in that I feel it is not a BCC and all will have been investigated just to be on the 'safe' side. Let's hope for the both of us xx
Hi
I'm glad to see that you and Melsy20 have been giving each other such great support as that's what this forum is all about!
I've looked back through your posts and can see that you saw a dermatologist on 23rd February who diagnosed a suspected BCC on your upper lip and arranged for you to have it biopsied the following week at a local GPs surgery. This is really good as the wait for biopsies can be up to 18 weeks as BCCs are slow growing. If you click on this link it will give you more information about the wait times and procedures for having a biopsy.
I'm not sure why you cancelled your biopsy, as exactly the same procedure will be carried out by the plastic surgeon, and unfortunately you might now be in the 18 weeks wait for it to be done.
I noticed that you said you needed to do some research regarding Mohs surgery versus an excision so thought I'd provide some information for you. Most small skin cancers are removed by simple surgery under a local anaesthetic. Mohs micrographic surgery is a specialised surgery that is only available at a few hospitals in the UK and your dermatologist might refer you to one of these if they think that you might need this technique. As before clicking on the links I've created will take you to more information on both of these procedures.
Mohs surgery is still a complete removal of the BCC, just a different technique.
I hope this helps but if you have any questions, ask away!
When you have a minute could you pop something about your journey so far into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar diagnosis. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Edit Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
Keep us up to date with what's happening and I hope you get your new appointment soon.
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Hi
Any news on your appointment yet?
I thought you might find these two replies from Lee53 in this thread about Mohs surgery interesting as I know you were thinking about this procedure.
Take care
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"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
