Re: OT: Not exactly good news...need advice

Hi Cyndi,
 I had the same thing in May 2004, only mine was next to my eye. They aren't
big, but they run deep down into the skin sometimes. I didn't need any skin
grafts though. After I had my surgery the area was tender but that was the
only pain I felt. Don't worry..I wear my scar with pride knowing it means I
beat the cancer. (And by the way I hate all things medical too-I'm a scaredy
cat.) Your doc is right..it's very common these days. My doc said just about
everyone who is fair skinned and blue eyed will probably get one. Be extra
good to yourself and relax!

Sue


> In a message dated 11/9/2005 7:15:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
>
> This is  off-topic, sorry, but no one I work with can be helpful so I'm
going
> farther afield.
> I got a piece of news that wasn't so great.  Apparently I have a basal
cell
> carcinoma on my nose and I have to have  plastic surgery to get it
removed.
> The good news of course is that once  it's gone, it's gone; they are very
> common and people get this done all the  time. The bad news is that due to
> its size and position they are going to  have to move a lot of skin around
on
> my face to patch the hole. (I swear  this thing is not really that big. I
can
> barely see it. But he's the  doctor). Two weeks, he says, before I ought
to
> appear in public, although I  gather actual feeling-bad time is only a
couple
> days, and probably a year  before the scars are not noticeable.
> I'm such a wimp I don't even like  getting my blood pressure taken, let
alone
> general anesthesia and surgery!  I haven't had anything like this before.
I
> was rattled and I couldn't  really think of what questions I should be
> asking. I know it's a common  operation and they're real blasi about it,
but
> you know, I'm nervous. What  would you want to know if it were you?
>
> Cyndi
>
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