I went in today to have one of my "tumors" (I put it in quotes because I am not sure what else to call it and that's what the Dr. and Nurses keeps calling it- just sounds so much worse than it is) removed. Was a relatively quick procedure, they just numbed the area (it's between my shoulder and my neck) and cut it out. There are stitches inside that dissolve and then stitches on the outside that I will have removed when I go in and have the other tumor from my chest removed. I'm guessing it is still numb because I don't feel any pain yet and they told me to expect it to be pretty painful since it was deep. After the other one is removed I will do follow up visits every 6 months to be checked for anymore.
While I was there the nurse was telling me about a guy that was in their office from 7am to 10:30 PM having one removed from his forehead. He was being treated by another Dr. who was freezing his off. In the process of this freezing, the tumor grew to cover almost half of his scalp. The first Dr. never did a biopsy and the cancer was growing for so long that it got into the nerves. They had to do a pretty intense removal and a skin graft. The nurse just told me to be careful and make sure if I see anymore to come in right away. Since I am the lovely recipient of fair skin and red hair I am more prone to skin cancer.
You all might want to buy stock in Sunscreen, I will be emptying the shelves for myself and Macie.
Just so you are aware- be on the look out for a sore that won't heal or any irregular shaped moles, freckles, etc.
Onto more fun things! We are taking Macie to see Santa today. Hope he doesn't freak her out too bad!!! Stay tuned for an update!
2 comments:
Don't you just love when drs. tell you horror stories about their other patients, I always wonder if they are warning someone about something through a horror story of mine. Glad it wasn't too bad, glad you got it checked out and taken care of.
I know!!! I'm sure I've been used in many scenarios!!!
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