Hi, I'm Tonya. I just joined this group to hear other people's
stories about surviving skin cancer. I had a mole removed about 3
weeks ago. The report came back as being abnormal cells (not sure
exactly what) so my doctor is going to remove all of my moles. I go
Friday for the surgery. I'll come home with lots of little stiched
places from head to toe. She seems to think that we caught it early
before it became bad and that I should be okay after the removal, but
I'm still scared. My husbands grandfather died of skin cancer, so I
know he has a lot of worries about all this, which makes it hard to
talk to him about it. I don't want him to know just how scared I am,
because I want him to believe that I won't die like his grandpa did.
It's making things kind of strained around here though, because he
doesn't understand when I need to go off by myself, but I can't stand
the thought of him seeing me crying over all this. I thought maybe I
could get on here and talk to someone who would understand and maybe
it would make it easier to deal with. Maybe some preparation for
what is next will help me with the crying spells too.

Thanks for being here. I'll keep you and your families all in my
prayers.

Tonya