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Cath62
5 years agoMember
Bump in the road with skin cancer post BC treatment
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed BC 30th April, surgery 13th May, chemo 4th June and Radium through October. I finished radium on 28th October and have just started tamoxifen. I was just starting...
arpie
5 years agoMember
Bugger bugger bugger ... not quite the Xmas pressie you were hoping for ..... you are in our thoughts ... a big cyber hug coming your way xx
Try not to get too worked up about the scarring.. the surgeons these days are very good at minimising eventual scarring even tho it may look ugly immediately after. I had a bcc removed from my nose that was right on the edge (where that line goes from the nose to the side of the mouth) and the surgeon cleverly did the cut and stitching so it became a part of that line. I don’t even notice it now.
Take care, get out there and have some Xmas fun .... try not to let this spoil your festivities xxx
Try not to get too worked up about the scarring.. the surgeons these days are very good at minimising eventual scarring even tho it may look ugly immediately after. I had a bcc removed from my nose that was right on the edge (where that line goes from the nose to the side of the mouth) and the surgeon cleverly did the cut and stitching so it became a part of that line. I don’t even notice it now.
Take care, get out there and have some Xmas fun .... try not to let this spoil your festivities xxx