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Hi, I had a small lump on my head and sent a photo to my GP, as it is impossible to get an appointment in person. She said it looked like a pillar cyst and could not be removed on the NHS. So I went through BUPA and had my appt last week with a consultant...
I have had a spot on my back for a few months and I am now really worried it’s a BCC or a Squamous CC. It seems to have grown bigger over the last week. It was bleeding a little but it is not healing. I am feeling very anxious. I had a BCC four years...
Hi All, I just wanted to say hello. I was diagnosed with a few bccs on my nose and chin back in February, I was supposed to have mohs surgery to remove these but my treatment was delayed and is now at the end of July, with reconstruction work afterwards...
Can anyone advise me if and where they can get this cream from please. My husband got his private prescription for it today and no chemist or hospital pharmacy can obtain it. They all say there is a problem and suppliers cannot obtain it. This seems strange...
Hi, new group member. I have just been advised that I have a stage 3 melanoma. Was so shocked that I didn’t ask all the questions I now wish I had asked her. Been referred to a plastic surgeon. I have said that I will take all treatments that they will...
I recently noticed a sun spot on my face had turned red and gone rough. I saw my dermatologist and he is certain it is invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Just waiting for the results to confirm it. How did everyone cope with the wait?
In March 2024 I was given an urgent referral to dermatology to see a consultant with a suspected BCC on forehead. I have since been advised that the waiting list for this consultant appointment is currently at 3 years. I live in Belfast, NI. Of course...
Hi there new to all of this, my husband is a kidney transplant patient who regularly gets a skin cancer but hasn't been serious removed it etc no worries at the time.... until lately has undergone surgery from his face to remove skull bone there was no...
Diagnosed today with what hospital believes is BCC of the breast. Haven't been topless sunbathing haha but have had approx 80 xrays In the last 15 years of that side of my body due to another condition and they said the radiation from those could be the...
Hi I seen my GP today he thinks spot on my arm could be a keratoacanthoma or squamous cell cancer has red flagged me to dermatology. My health trust is showing a 10 week wait for red flag referrals! When you got your first apt did they do biopsy at it...
