So, I just underwent surgery last Friday to have a squamous cell carcinoma removed from my right cheek. It presented itself as an actinic keratosis back in early May. I’ve had plenty of these and they usually come and go from time to time. Only this one seemed to have a boil-like look and feel to it…so as always, I picked at it, squeezed it, and ultimately irritated the crap out of it. It then turned into a large volcanic lump on my cheek with an open sore…no bueno. Well, after about a week of it not getting any better, I called the dermatologist and scheduled an appointment. He took a biopsy and it came back positive for a squamous cell carcinoma. I’m very thankful that it presented itself the way that it did, because I probably would have never gone in to see the doctor otherwise.
I got my stitches out yesterday. ..the internal stitches will take about 45 – 60 days to completely dissolve I’m told. The doctor was very pleased with the way things looked and received the official pathology report with an ‘all clear’ result!
Anyone else have any experience with these? If so, did you have any reoccurrences? I’m hoping and praying that this is the last of it and not just the beginning of things to come.
I got my stitches out yesterday. ..the internal stitches will take about 45 – 60 days to completely dissolve I’m told. The doctor was very pleased with the way things looked and received the official pathology report with an ‘all clear’ result!
Anyone else have any experience with these? If so, did you have any reoccurrences? I’m hoping and praying that this is the last of it and not just the beginning of things to come.