Originally Posted by
Wildwood
...Being a cancer survivor again would not be fun...
As I am sure you know...
You should not wait for the Derm Guy to find something. Check yourself often. Take pictures with a measuring device. Be sure to check under and around your genitals and in your hair. Don't forget the poop shoot. Every where! A lot of professionals don't do this even though they are paid to do it. Some times you find things and masses under the skin that are not showing yet.
My melanoma was pale and under my hair at the top of my scalp. The only way they found it was when I busted my head open after a bike accident. When my helmet shattered it cut up my scalp and when they were sewing it up the Doc said, "Oh, we better get this looked at." He could have taken the biopsy then but no, I gotta wait and recover from the accident and then go see a dermatologist 3 months latter.
Those that have been through it know, this cancer ship never ends?