It's not going to be a fun morning.........more skin cancer.

Well I had the first surgery on Jan. 26th, I was there over three hours because using the MOHS procedure he had to cut twice to remove all the cancer and then get tissue from behind my ear and close everything.....the right nostril surgery is scheduled for March 9th.

When I went in this past Monday to have the stitches removed I counted five other seniors there for follow ups or in the process of having their surgeries done with bandages on their noses.

Six days after having my nose done with the specialist I had my annual full body check with my regular dermatologist and he found and froze six more young Basal Cells on my back and one on my forehead.

I can't stress enough folks......schedule yourself for a full body check with your dermatologist.
 

IKE said:
Well I had the first surgery on Jan. 26th, I was there over three hours because using the MOHS procedure he had to cut twice to remove all the cancer and then get tissue from behind my ear and close everything.....the right nostril surgery is scheduled for March 9th.

When I went in this past Monday to have the stitches removed I counted five other seniors there for follow ups or in the process of having their surgeries done with bandages on their noses.

Six days after having my nose done with the specialist I had my annual full body check with my regular dermatologist and he found and froze six more young Basal Cells on my back and one on my forehead.

I can't stress enough folks......schedule yourself for a full body check with your dermatologist.
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Continued well wishes to you through this process IKE. Hope it's all behind you soon, once and for all.
 
IKE said:
Well I had the first surgery on Jan. 26th, I was there over three hours because using the MOHS procedure he had to cut twice to remove all the cancer and then get tissue from behind my ear and close everything.....the right nostril surgery is scheduled for March 9th.

When I went in this past Monday to have the stitches removed I counted five other seniors there for follow ups or in the process of having their surgeries done with bandages on their noses.

Six days after having my nose done with the specialist I had my annual full body check with my regular dermatologist and he found and froze six more young Basal Cells on my back and one on my forehead.

I can't stress enough folks......schedule yourself for a full body check with your dermatologist.
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1 ditto.gif..I have had 2 removed from my neck and face..
 

Sorry you're going through this Ike, hoping things go as well as possible for you on March 9th, will be sending good thoughts your way.
 
Well boys and girls here we go again.......I've got to be there at 7:15 this morning to have the work done on the right nostril.

The surgery site on my left nostril is still pink and the divot is pretty deep and not totally flush even after getting tissue from behind my left ear.....after over about six weeks my ear is still a pretty tender, I'll ask the doc about that this morning.
 
Thanks pappy.

The surgery was more involved than the doc thought mainly because of the area that had to be removed was considerably larger than he anticipated......darn near the whole side of my nostril.

This time he not only had to remove cartilage from behind my hear to fill in the hole he also had to remove some actual skin tissue to go on top of that.

After removing the cancer (it took two tries) he first filled the hole with cartilage and sewed that in place then he put skin on top of that and sewed that in place then he took a piece of gauze and sewed that in place over the skin and cartilage (which is called a skin graft bolster).....it took quite a awhile to get the wound closed.

Neither my nose or ear can be wet for at least seven days and that is also when I have to return for him to remove the gauze / bolster.

He gave me some 7.5 Loritabs for pain but I've elected not to take them till possibly bedtime.....I'm just taking Tylenol now, which doesn't seem to be working all that well. :)

On the bright side, after what went on today this means that the remainder of the week can only get better. :)
 
Sorry to hear that Ike, sounds very painful, you must be so upset...hugs. Keeping you in my thoughts and hoping you heal quickly.
 
Hope you're feeling better soon son...
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Ike, sorry you are having to go through this. Sending you healing thoughts and prayers.

Are you awake through the surgery? I don't think I could keep my cool, with someone working on my face -- seeing the scalpel coming and all. They'd probably have to sedate me.
 
Butterfly said:
Ike, sorry you are having to go through this. Sending you healing thoughts and prayers.

Are you awake through the surgery? I don't think I could keep my cool, with someone working on my face -- seeing the scalpel coming and all. They'd probably have to sedate me.
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Doc had a pretty good idea that it was going to be somewhat more involved this time so I was given the prior option of either going in the hospital and being put under using a general anesthesia or having the work done in the office using a local anesthesia.......although mama disagreed I went with the local to avoid the all day afterwards groggy / not in control feeling.

I'm normally not up at this time but even after taking the Loritab earlier sleep is coming in just short little bursts because of the discomfort and throbbing of my ear and nose so I just decided to go ahead and get up for awhile.

Doc did mention that depending on how I healed he may have to operate again (my option) for a little more reconstruction / cosmetic surgery......we'll see.

My sincere thanks to everyone for all the well wishes, they really do mean a lot.
 
Well I had the stitches removed from the gauze bolster late this morning......the skin graft bolster is sewn on top of the skin which is sewn on top of the cartilage and both were removed from the back of my ear to help fill the large deep divot in the side of my right nostril.

When he did the surgery doc was up front and told me that sometimes, even though it's mine, the body rejects the skin (but rarely the cartilage) so today when the gauze bolster was removed he said that the skin under it looked pink which told him that it was getting blood and therefore my chances of the skin taking hold permanently looked promising......we'll see.

Are you ready for this ?

He saw a spot just to the left of center on the tip of my nose that he doesn't like the looks of and feels it needs to have a biopsy done when I go back in two months for the follow up on the areas that are still in the process of healing now......oh well, better me than someone else I guess. :)
 

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