Posted by Kath on July 31, 2006, at 10:57:33
In reply to Re: I got my biopsy, posted by Deneb on July 31, 2006, at 10:48:46
Great that that's over & I'm so glad it didn't hurt.
Hope you can just relax & await your confirmation that everything is OK!!!!!! ;-)
I'm not thinking about it much, but in October I have to have a skin cancer removed. It's the very least problematic kind to have. Just had the specialist look at it a few weeks ago & he said that this kind grows VERY slowly & does NOT spread.
I guess I'm improving in my cancer-worry, come to think of it, because I believe him & am not worried.
EXCEPT about the freezing needle. It's where ny nose meets my face, just above the round part of my nostril. There was a - well - I don't know how to decribe it, but almost like a pimple that would bleed as I washed my face, etc. It didn't heal & my fam. doc. has told me in the past that's one thing to definitely be aware of. I avoided paying attention to it for a couple of months...went to fam. doc. He gave me cream which helped immensely but didn't totally heal it. I returned to fam. doc. & he said it was so small that he didn't know what they'd do anyway, but I said I definitely wanted his referral to a specialist.
Specialist said it was - I think it was basal cell cancer or something - not serious, but that he'd like to remove it.
I said that when it didn't heal I knew I wanted it checked by a dermatologist. He said, "Smart lady!!" I didn't tell him that my doctor had pretty well said, Don't worry about it!!!!
I have visions of the freezing causing pain to shoot up into my eye!!!!!!!!!!!! wimper. I'm doing pretty well in not thinking about it.
Kath
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