Skin Cancer

Hello guys
I had a mole growing on my face since i was a teenager and i never worried about it .
The last 2 months or so it was getting enlarged and the missus is on my back to go to the doctor.
So the doctor gives me a referal to a dermatolagist and he checks it out not a problem greg we will cut it off and bobs your uncle,but while your here i will check your skin over
Not a problem i think until he says there is unusual skin colour change below your neck have you noticed it before ? no i say ,well the dermatoligist says we will cut it out at the same time we chop the mole off.
A week after the operations i go back today to get the stiches out he says the mole on your face was infected and that was fine but the mark under your neck was a malignent cancer ,we got it all but i will have to go back every 3 months for check ups.
guys i never thought about skin cancer till this all i want to say is get your partner to check your skin over every now and then and if you notice any change get your doctor to give you a referal to a dermatologist it might save your lifehttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon14.gif

greg

Glad to hear you've got a clean bill of health there Greg.

That's the same with all cancers.
Get at them early.
I've lost an Uncle through Prostrate Cancer......He did not want to know about it.
A cousin [she 'should have been my sister; long story] through Cancer of the liver.
I got cut Penis to sternum and my FGuts dumped into a Large Stainless Steel "SALAD" bowel,
while the Doctor cut out a "Suspect" section of Large intestine.

Hey!!
I'm still here annoying the 'C**p' out of Ppl 8 years later.
Get 'things' seen to, and act upon them.

You KILL them;
or
They'll KILL you!

SoapBox put away, for a while.


Ask me about my Doctor [with whom I went to school]
who has a WICKED SOH, while he was giving me a Digital Prostrate examination :eek: :eek: :o

Very important Greg. This affects thousand of Australian every year.

I can highly recommend the specialist skin check clinics. At the clinics you are checked over by a surgen. They are experts in this stuff. While GPs are O.K. many have not seen skin cancer in their practice. This means that they are normally over zealous with the removal of suspect moles, it can also mean that they miss something that is less than obvious.

I went to the skin clinic after my local GP decided that several suspect bits that needed to be taken off. The specialist checked from head to toe and said they were all O.K. but and I quote "you have rubbish euro skin and you WILL get cancers, so see you next year and every year after that".

P.S. it was all covered under medicare.

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Originally Posted by Ivan in Oz

That's the same with all cancers.
Get at them early.
I've lost an Uncle through Prostrate Cancer......He did not want to know about it.
A cousin [she 'should have been my sister; long story] through Cancer of the liver.
I got cut Penis to sternum and my FGuts dumped into a Large Stainless Steel "SALAD" bowel,
while the Doctor cut out a "Suspect" section of Large intestine.

Hey!!
I'm still here annoying the 'C**p' out of Ppl 8 years later.
Get 'things' seen to, and act upon them.

You KILL them;
or
They'll KILL you!

SoapBox put away, for a while.


Ask me about my Doctor [with whom I went to school]
who has a WICKED SOH, while he was giving me a Digital Prostrate examination :eek: :eek: :o

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Soap box taken out again.

My father is going through radical chemotherapy right now for Lukemia and Lymphoma because he brushed off symptoms last year.
I am not saying that he wouldn't be in the condition that he is now but the chances of living a few extra years would be much much better.

If you have any symptoms GET THEM CHECKED!!


Soap box put away

I had the same thing. Last October I noticed a little black lump on my arm that I had never seen before. I stared at it for three months without doing anything, then on a whim in December I went to see the local GP. The cancer had spread 1.5mm below the surface - at 3mm below the mortality rate is 85% (I believe, I never really understand medical stuff). The spot was only about 5mm across and only poked up about 1mm above the surface. If it had appeared on some other part of my body - like my back - I probably would never have noticed it.

Now I have three large scars on my arm, and like you a need to go every three months for 'lifelong surveillance' - and a realisation that I am one of the truly lucky ones. All thanks to medical people who were competent and diligent beyond any normal expectation and a state medical system that despite its many failings still comes through when it has to.

I'm also not allowed in the sun any more without long pants, long sleeves, hat, sunscreen etc - uncomfortable but not too big a price to pay.

Arron

I work out in the sun day in day out.

I never take my shirt off, never wear shorts no matter how hot it gets, it can be 40 degrees C and Ill still be covered, sure I get hot, but I look at the poor buggers working next to me all stripped off, all exposed to the sun, surely I must be cooler? :cool:

And I always wear a hat and sun screen in summer.
Ive had a couple of "things" frozen off at the Doc's too.

Al :)

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

I work out in the sun day in day out.

I never take my shirt off, never wear shorts no matter how hot it gets, it can be 40 degrees C and Ill still be covered,

And I always wear a hat and sun screen in summer.
Ive had a couple of "things" frozen off at the Doc's too.

Al :)

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No wonder you live in Victoria - you must be a mexican.

Is that a sombrero you refered to as a hat

I used to have a dark spot on my little finger that started to get real itchy and appeared to be spreading. So I went to my local gp to have it looked at. The regular guy wasn't there so I saw the other guy. He said it's probably nothing and don't worry about it. The reader digest version (shortened) I said screw you, "probably" ain't good enough. I'll come back when your boss is here and have him do it. I actually got quite belligerent with the guy and walked out before he could reply. You have to be 110% certain or don't mess with my health.

Had the other doctor burn it off with nitrogen.

You have to try Can-sema (see my sig below for link). It has been the only thing that has cured my skin cancer. There is stuff at the doctors office but it's way more expensive and this works better. Good luck!

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Originally Posted by MathewA

I used to have a dark spot on my little finger that started to get real itchy and appeared to be spreading. So I went to my local gp to have it looked at. The regular guy wasn't there so I saw the other guy. He said it's probably nothing and don't worry about it. The reader digest version (shortened) I said screw you, "probably" ain't good enough. I'll come back when your boss is here and have him do it. I actually got quite belligerent with the guy and walked out before he could reply. You have to be 110% certain or don't mess with my health.

Had the other doctor burn it off with nitrogen.

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I had surgery twice and they told me my edges were clear. It came back as basal cell after the expensive surgeries. I heard about this stuff Can-Sema and there are thousands of testimonies. It's been the only thing that has kept my cancer from coming back. It only recognizes cancerous tissue and then attacks it to the root.

nomoe - nopage to the link - noloss I reckon.

Cheers,

P :rolleyes:

Mid last year my bro-in-law and best mate finally went and had a little lump on his tongue checked out, he'd been ignoring it for about 12 months, and it was cancer. He ended up having massive surgery and we ended up losing him this year.

Moral of this whole post "If in doubt check it out".

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Originally Posted by nomoe

I had surgery twice and they told me my edges were clear. It came back as basal cell after the expensive surgeries. I heard about this stuff Can-Sema and there are thousands of testimonies. It's been the only thing that has kept my cancer from coming back. It only recognizes cancerous tissue and then attacks it to the root.

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Mate, your advice is dangerous and immoral. I know that the common 'superficial spreading melanomas' are not that dangerous and can be tolerated for a while, but if you get one of the serious types you have just days or weeks till you go over the boundary between when you can and cannot be treated. Once the metastasing cancer cells spread to other parts of your body there is no effective cure - and your average time left on this earth is about 11 months. No untested, unproven herbal remedy has any place in the management of this problem. You are not selling it, by any chance, are you ?

I sincerely hope no-one takes this guy seriously, and gets medical advice if in any doubt.

Arron

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Originally Posted by nomoe

It only recognizes cancerous tissue and then attacks it to the root.

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You must be kidding???
All the money spent on research by dozens of multi million dollar companys, and all I need are some herbs.

Get real, Wanker.

Al :mad: