Cancer Diary: Skin Cancer Signs

 



While there have been some posts on skin cancer before, what is new in this article, The #1 Early Sign of Skin Cancer Most People Miss, According to Dermatologists (msn.com), is the new discoloration that appears and gets dismissed. 

That is precisely how I found my skin cancer: a discoloration that most people assumed to be an age spot next to my eye that for some reason most had thought to have been there for a while, but it was not. I saw it appear. I asked the Skin Institute to have it looked; there was a three-month wait for an appointment. I asked to be on a wait list and, lo, they were able to get me in within three weeks.

"No, clearly not cancer," said the doctor. "I should be able to freeze it off, but let's take a couple biopsies--a slice and a puncture--just in case."

Now, I was not in a hurry for any kind of biopsy since all my biopsies have to be done without painkiller, to which I am severely allergic. But, of course, it had to be biopsied. A bit of pain later, plus a week, and the answer came back: carcinoma.

Within a month, it was removed, but it had already grown to needing 9 stitches. Indeed, it is important to trust your gut and your observation! And to be observant!


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Blog editor's note: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page, Carl's Cancer Compendium, as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The CCC is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -- and be open to guest posts: Cancer Diary. 

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