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 <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
