Skin checks
This is just a reminder to get skin checks along with every other checks ✔️ we all do. In some cases breast cancer has links to melanoma. Chemo too can bring out skin issues. I had 3 melanoma befor...
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Thanks @Blossom1961 and @arpie.
I go go skin checks every 6 months. On Monday I had 4 biopsies and 3 of these are for suspected melanoma.
Both my oncologist and dermatologist advise that there are links with melanoma and breast cancer. Certainly brca gene is present sometimes in people who present with both but there are also links without brca.
I had 3 melanomas before BC and one after BC. I was diagnosed with MBC in July 2023 and also with an early melanoma which has been removed. Now I have 3 more suspected melanoma but if they are melanoma at least they will be cut out early because I am checked so often.
Even though the melanomas that I have had were found early the scarring is very big compared to the tiny canerous mole or melanoma. I think I could play dots and dashes or snakes 🪱 and ladders 🪜 on my body with all the scars I have now 🤔
I go go skin checks every 6 months. On Monday I had 4 biopsies and 3 of these are for suspected melanoma.
Both my oncologist and dermatologist advise that there are links with melanoma and breast cancer. Certainly brca gene is present sometimes in people who present with both but there are also links without brca.
I had 3 melanomas before BC and one after BC. I was diagnosed with MBC in July 2023 and also with an early melanoma which has been removed. Now I have 3 more suspected melanoma but if they are melanoma at least they will be cut out early because I am checked so often.
Even though the melanomas that I have had were found early the scarring is very big compared to the tiny canerous mole or melanoma. I think I could play dots and dashes or snakes 🪱 and ladders 🪜 on my body with all the scars I have now 🤔