Melanoma

I am so very sorry to hear that, Jilly. Sending you heartfelt hugs, and thinking especially of you and all of his family here at Christmas.
 
babyboomer said:
I had some sun spots removed recently.(minor surgery).
The doctor explained to me, importance of monitoring and controlling .
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Just got finish with 3 minor surgery,one at a time, on left cheek(12 stiches),upper lip(6 stiches) right side of nose (6 stiches)
The nose ,after stiches removed, is still healing since Nov and still numb.grrrr but doc says "it will take some time to completely heal".grrrr
 
Jillaroo - you're in the area that means you have to be vigilant - Australia for one and mid north coast for another - lots of sun and surf eh? I so far have been very lucky - used to surfboard ride at Newcastle beaches with coconut oil on the young bod and all my life have either shunned spf factor sunscreen or limited myself to number 4 - very hard to get these days. As I say, very lucky - hope that luck holds...
 
So I go back to the dermatolist today for a check up,last year I had 3 spots surgerly removed.nose,lip and cheek for the fist time in my life.
Today she THINKS I may have 2 more ,upper forehead at the hairline and on the back of the neck. She did the biopsy and will let me know later.
My question is why she didnt see those 2 last June,Im 76 and hardly ever in the full sun.
Is she going to keep finding these "things" next year too.

May get a second opinion on this one.
 
Davey Jones said:
So I go back to the dermatolist today for a check up,last year I had 3 spots surgerly removed.nose,lip and cheek for the fist time in my life.
Today she THINKS I may have 2 more ,upper forehead at the hairline and on the back of the neck. She did the biopsy and will let me know later.
My question is why she didnt see those 2 last June,Im 76 and hardly ever in the full sun.
Is she going to keep finding these "things" next year too.

May get a second opinion on this one.
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If you had 3 removed last year, not sure I would waste my $$ on a 2nd opinion, but that would be your decision.

I'm not saying this to frighten you at all, just that my dearest friend had a complete physical, including chest x-ray, in June of 2010, turned out great! A job application 5 months later required a full physical....lung cancer. Again, I hate being so negative and not trying to scare you, but we can't take anything for granted. IMO, you would be doing yourself a favor to get them removed. Cancer survivor that I am so grateful to be, I don't think any of us can be too careful.

And I keep wondering the same thing each mammogram even 20 yrs later...are they going to find another issue? Let's all stay on top of this, friends...
 
So sorry Jilly for your sad news and I really feel for you and your sister.. its a terrible disease and I am reliving all this again
as my first husband died of a Melanoma at 25 .. so I know all about it.. my own 2 children by him have had smaller ones removed
and get checked regularly as its heriditery they say.. so I am sorry for your loss Jilly and know it will be hard for you to take
for a while but those we love never leave us they live on in memories so you will have lovely memories of Bruce.. and as time goes
on you will think of happy times you all shared together and that in itself is a blessing..

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