.... Round 5. Or maybe it's Round 6 - or even 7; lost track of how many times I've had spots frozen off my face/shoulders. Spot count is well over 40 (had 26 in one sitting once).
Had four more spots on my forehead biopsied last week. One benign, two actinic keratoses (pre-cancers), one basal cell carcinoma.
Good news on the basal cell is that the margins came back clear. Bad news is that the pathologist opined that it is likely "multi-focal" which seems to mean that clear margins don't necessarily guarantee it's all gone.
Nothing worse than a reformed
, right? So - please allow this reformed "I can't be bothered with sun protection" fool a moment:
WEAR SUN BLOCK. WEAR A HAT. FOR GAWD'S SAKE, STAY AWAY FROM THE F'N TANNING BED!
Pre-cancers (and the whole rest of my forehead) will treated with Imiquimod (info here).
Waiting now to get surgeon's opinion on treatment for the basal cell spot (aggressive approach = make another hole in me head, conservative approach = use Imiquimod). As much as I'd like to avoid getting cut up again, my gut reaction is to go ahead and cut and make sure everything basal is gone...... will listen to the surgeon and go from there.
Oh - in case I forgot to mention it earlier: WEAR SUN BLOCK. WEAR A HAT. FOR GAWD'S SAKE, STAY AWAY FROM THE F'N TANNING BED!
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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife
