Basal Cell Cancer
by Bruce
I have had several basal cell skin cancers removed before and they were always removed at the doctor's office with little recovery time afterwards. This spot was different in color and size. My doctor did a biopsy and asked me to come back the next week. When I went back to see him he told me that it was a basal cell skin cancer but it was growing outwardly and inwardly and I would need to have surgery in a hospital by a plastic surgeon. He described what would happen and that the surgeon would remove the tumor but also the margins around the tumor. He informed me to let my employer know I would be off work for several days after the surgery. On the day of the surgery I think I was more fearful of being put to sleep than I was the surgery. The surgery lasted around 1 hour and then I went home with a huge bandage to my head. The surgeon had removed an area 1 1/2 inch long by 1 inch wide all the way to the skull. The surgeon reconstructed my skull and today you can barely see the skull. My wife and two sons, parents, and brothers and sister and their families were very supportive. My church and friends from work were there for me during this time. Since this surgery I have had three other basal cell skin cancers removed, but all of these were removed at the doctor's office and now I am cancer free. I urge anyone who has something come up on your skin to have it checked out immediately. If you have skin cancer it can be treated successfully. The sooner you get it treated the better.
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