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My Experience of Skin Cancer
Description: Please only write here of you have had a direct experience of this condition Newest Review: ... to be checked for abnormalities, He asked if I wanted it doing that day or wanted to come in another day to get it done. I ... more  ... chose to have it removed that day to get it over with as I would only just worry about it if not.
I was given a general anaesthetic to numb the area so I couldn't feel it when he cut the mole out, this was all done in about 15 mins and I was sent home and told I would receive the results in the post in the next two weeks.
I had 4 stitches in my back to hold the cut together and let it heal, The actual cut was never really that painful I'm glad to say, to start with it just felt like a sharp scratch on my back but when ...more |
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My Experience of Skin Cancer: My experience of Skin Cancer (989 words)
by scooby27 - written on 28.04.08 (Very useful, 127 readings)
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Last years after spending a few years checking my moles myself as much as I could, I decided I wanted to have them checked by a skin doctor who knew what they were looking for. Being fair skinned I have always tried to stay out of the sun but being fair I think you can just be more genetically prone to things like skin cancer. The mole I was most worried about was on my back where I couldn't see it so I had to always rely on my mum looking for signs of anything changing with it, It was dark but for as long as I can remember she had said it was dark and I have others that are quite dark, but this one was nearly black. I eventually asked my ...
There is no such thing as safe sun. (661 words)
by annosmond - written on 24.06.01 (Very useful, 162 readings)
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I am writing this opinion,not for points,but as some-one,who has had skin cancer,and that if it helps one person think twice before sunbathing,or sitting under a tanning machine,then this opinion will have been worth while. I am recovering from Malignant Melanoma,the most deadly skin cancer there is. People think skin cancer is a minor irritating little problem that they can pop down the surgery to have removed,and then just carry on with a normal life.WRONG!!!!!! My experience of skin cancer has left me ,traumatised,and still in fear of my life. Last year at the age of 41,i decided to have a mole checked out,i had no ...
My Experience of Skin Cancer: Not just scratching the surface (670 words)
by smartie - written on 14.06.01 (Very useful, 144 readings)
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“I ‘ear you’ve got a mole” is a line from one of Jasper Carrott’s sketches. “There’s only one way to get rid of a mole..….blast it’s bloody ‘ead off!” it continued. I had a mole but, not the small burrowing creature, and it certainly did not need blasting away. I had a mole on my back. I had had it for years. I’d become quite attached to it. It was the size of a 2p piece, and was one of twenty or more dotted over my back, chest and arms. It wasn’t concerned at all, after all I do not have a fair complexion or sunbathe throughout the day in the summer. A visit to the ...
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