The one of his back was the Basal Cell Carcinoma...

--- In fighttogether@yahoogroups.com, "saraly_11385"
<saraly_11385@...> wrote:
>
> In the last 30 years I have had over twenty Basal Cells removed. I
> have never heard of anyone dying but guess it could happen if left
> untreated for a very long time. As a child I remember seeing people
> with big oozing wounds. Some old people would always have a bandage
> wrapped around a leg or some would have a nose eaten away. I
> remember my Grandmother telling me those were "rodent ulcers". Now
> we know they were skin cancers undiagnosed and untreated.
> BCC has many different appearances. Mine are usually a pink spot
> that sometimes has a rough feel. My latest is along side of my nose
> and was a small white "pimple" that I thought was an oil gland but
> turned out to be a BCC. I have an appointment on May 22nd for my
> third Mohs surgery. The other two Mohs surgeries were on my
forehead
> and I could cover the stitches with hair or a Band-aid so I'm in a
> bit of a funk right now about having one smack dab in the middle of
> my face.
> You say your husband has had three flavors of cancer; are they all
> skin cancers? What was the one on his back?
> Linda
> NYC
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> --- In fighttogether@yahoogroups.com, "MrMrs" <wbhedrick@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am new to this group and I am here to learn more about "Basal
> Cell
> > Carcinoma". I did read what the doctor gave us. I understood it
> to be
> > no more than a blemish type problem because it sends out vains of
> cells
> > and that it's just hard to catch. A bigger problem if you have it
> on
> > the face or ears, and neck. Then I heard from others that skin
> cancer
> > can attach it's self to bone or organ and go deeper. One person
> even
> > told me they know someone dying from it. Is that possible????????
> >
> > My husband is on his 3rd flavor of cancer, now having the Basal
> Cell
> > Carcinoma. One on his back was cut out and was almost an inch
> deep. He
> > is a big man.
> >
> > From Phoneix Arizona
> >
> > wbhedrick
> >
>