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Cancer Support

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Solly Mack

(93,529 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2016, 08:01 PM Apr 2016

Well, (insert bad word of choice here) [View all]

I had to have a spot removed from the right side of my face on Monday. I'll get the biopsy results next week. The same side of my face as the radiation and previous tumor.

The doctor says it is an actinic keratoses (most likely) - refuses to say definitively until the results - and that it was most likely caught in time. (again, nothing definitive until the results are in)

My radiation didn't cause it but I now have a new scar to add to the other scars on the right side of my face.

The spot presented itself recently and I got it removed as soon as I could. I know that only a small percentage of these spots become cancer, but once you've had the Big C, you don't want to take any chances.

I use sunscreen and wear hats, but - oh well.

Otherwise, I'm doing fine.

Just needed to vent.

Thanks!

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