I echo what Joyce said. I have twice had to have skin cancers taken off. Hopefully yours will be the type that is cared for by simple surgery and not any chemo. I will certainly have you in my prayers.
Mike On Sep 5, 2014, at 5:20 PM, Chuck Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks: I need your thoughts and prayers please. I have had a "lesion" about > 1/2" diameter on my shoulder for about four months now and went to the doc to > get it checked today. I hadn't mentioned it to him before as I was having all > those IBS intestinal pains, and it would slip my mind as that pain was all I > was worried about. > > Anyway, he took one look at it and said "that's skin cancer and we need to > take it off asap" He says that he won't know the type till he cuts it out and > sends a biopsy to the lab. He did say he didn't think it has metastasized, > but I don't know how he knows that unless it's from the 6 tubes of blood they > drew today. I'll probably get it taken off in about ten days or so as he has > to be out of town on continuing education next week. He's says "don't worry > about it" (easy for him to say, specially since I lost my favorite Uncle to > skin cancer about 15 yrs ago). > > Nobody likes to hear the "C" word, but I'll just cross whatever bridges I > have to cross when and/or as I get to then. That's all I can do right now. > But, being a natural worrier and say I'm worried about it would be an > understatement right about now. I'm sure that living in FL and being a welder > in FL for 20+ yrs didn't didn't help, as well as going shirtless back when I > had the body for it. I have several more that he says was "pre cancerous" > (they are different looking from this one, but I'll start with the "biggie" > and let him cut em all off asap) that he'd take off at a later date, but > wants to get the one off now. Thanks a lot. Chuck > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
