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Hi I've always been quite careful in the sun but got a BCC anyway. That means I'm going to be even more careful now! Someone told me you can get a new BCC every 5 years on average and I'm just 40 so that's potentially quite a few more. I wonder if...
Hi all, my husband has had 3 malignant melanomas - the last one was 7 years ago and they were all in situ having been caught early and required no treatment other than removal.. Recently however he has had an excision biopsy on what is a suspect nodular...
Hi I'm new here and this hopefully will be the first of small amount of posts. I have had a mole on my back since the year dot. On holiday early may with my sister she remarked she didn't like the look of it. She has been pestering me ever since to...
Hi I had skin check for melanoma surveillance. Now got to have another mole cut off they are not sure what it is yet but good news unlikely to be melanoma but maybe a Basel cell carcinoma, or may be benign, it's on my neck just above where I had thyroidectomy...
Hi all, I’ve just joined this forum. It’s lovely to be able to talk to others in similar situations . I had treatment (curettage and cautery) to a small BCC on my nostril last year, unfortunately it recurred so I’m now on the (long) waiting list for MOHs...
Hi I was diagnosed at the start June with Basal Cell Carcinoma with legions on my back and breast, this is while I am treating my 2nd akinetic keratosis on my nose. I was quite shocked as I thought it would be the AK diagnosis like my nose. the treatment...
Hello I wonder if anyone could tell me what to expect with regards to how much time off work to have, if any? I’m a care-worker, more companionship and home-help rather than personal care. I’m feeling very nonchalant about the whole process but now, after...
My 58 year old sister is presently on chemo. Wound not healing and she is in great pain, constantly and especially when a nerve is jolted. She is not eating and drinking little. Doctor has yet to give a stage or a prognosis. She lives alone. Any ideas...
Hello everyone, I was recently diagnosed with a BCC on my cheek and also had a biopsy on a lesion on the side of my nose which the consultant said could either be also a BCC or a squamous cell carcinoma. It all feels a little overwhelming at the moment...
I'm wanting to pick up on anyone's experience of healing by secondary intention for a facial skin cancer? What expectations should I have for timescale and outcome. Any recommendations for creams etc? The back ground to my questions are I had a WLE...
