I have a skin cancer on my nose .A biopsy
diagnosed a BCC is it normal to have a
crawling sensation to the skin where it is
.I`m meeting with a plastic surgeon to
have it removed and grafting done am a bit
worried as to the extent they will have to
remove. How can they tell if they have got
it all .
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Fairy Godmother
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Hi Posted: 04-03-07 18:37pm
You are gonna be just fine! My Father just
had a bcc removed from his nose this
morning. Surgeon will remove it the same
as they treated my melanoma 7 years ago!.
They wil thin slice it until all margins
around that area of the skin are clean
under a microscope. In about a week the
pathology report should be back
copnfirming tall of hte cancer has been
removed. You picked a great Dr, plastic
surgeon! My Dad oly had a steri strip, not
even a stitch. He caught this early. I
wish you all the luck in the world!~
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Re: Hi Posted: 04-04-07 22:25pm
Fairy i only wish that it`s going to be so
simple i have to be in hospital for a week
and they are going to do skin grafts and
also a cartliage graft .Even when my
parents had them removed by the same
surgeon they didn`t have to go through all
of what i`m now facing .
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Hi Posted: 04-05-07 14:34pm
Me again, I see you are not in US. When I
had to have surgery for my melanoma, they
took out enough of the skin, until the
margins were clean, meaning no cancer
cells showing. I also opted for the lymph
node surgery,(sentinal node) that is in
case a microscopic cell had traveled, it
would have gone to first lymph node. I had
three removed from my groin area, done all
at the same time as melanoma removal. I
did not have ot had skin graft, as I was
lucky, and also did not have any fat on my
leg area, so it was kinda hard stretching
hte skin back to meet. Imagine punching a
hole into your skin, then trying to sew
the skin back together. They punched out
the size of a soup can lid back of my left
thigh, I was only in the hospital over
night and allowed to come home the next
morning. Do they not offer donor tissue
for skin grafting? A friend of mine did
have skin graft and placed on her lower
arm for a bcc. She also was only
hospitalized overnight. I do not
understand why you have to be a week? My
heart goes out to you, it really does.
This will all be over soon and you are
gonna be just fine............
