Hello Tonya and welcome.... (((big hug)))
The first thing you need to tell yourself is that they have not said cancer.
But you are doing the right thing. It is much better to be safe than sorry. It
is a much bigger risk to just ignore them. I know that it seems like a very big
ordeal. You probably need to find something else to focus on so you don't think
about it all of the time. Maybe a hobby, read something, watch movies, get into
work of some kind, just anything. Bottom line, don't get all negative about it,
because the results have not said positive yet, and may not. Even if they are
positive, you are still doing the right thing by taking them off.
Remember if you have any questions, go on and bring them to us and we will try
to answer. I hope more of our members will share with you. Thanks again for
sharing with us. We are open 24- 7 if you need us.
Your friend, Angela ^i^

----- Original Message -----
From: Tonya Davis-Miller
To: fighttogether@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: [fight together] New Here


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


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