Sort of OT but its about being Out Doors ect

DAZA,

All the best with your treatment. Sound advice re covering up. Being fair skinned, I've always had the Sun as my natural enemy :)))

Not nice !
I just had one cut out of my arm but under a local (small one).
The doc asked did I want to lie down or sit in a chair while he did it. I asked why ?
"'Cause I'm not too good at picking people up off the floor" says he.

Tomorrow he's doing the ear...the side I sleep on, naturally.

Then we'll see about the BP of 200. He's mumbling about me wearing a monitor for 24hours that takes automatic readings (just like the ones in the ICU that won't let you get any sleep ! that's enough to give anyone high BP)

This health lurk never stops, does it ?

I'm sure SWMBO bought me that pedometer to gloat.
"I did 13000 steps today, how many did you do ?"
"Ummmm..."

havent the nurses figured out it was only a painted on spot...lol

lets hope it all gone ...wish you well

Good on you Daza, always do what I can to reduce the risks, but it's bloody hard being as I teach brickwork and that entails too much exposure to the sun, but tell me how do you spot it ? are there warning sign's/symptoms ? what am I looking for ?
any info appreciated,
regards,
Dave

Hi Daza,
All the best with the radium treatment, I had the treatment for 6 weeks and the first 3 weeks were fine and I wondered what all the fuss was about and then it hit really hard. I found it very difficult to eat due to the pain and this lasted for 3 weeks after the treatment stopped. If you can, try and do a lot of exercise during the treatment, I found this worked extremely well for me, it also takes your mind off what you are going through. I had mine done 3 1/2 years ago and I still have some side effects. I had to have a tooth out and had to have six weeks of Hyper Barrack Oxygen Treatment before they pulled the tooth.
All the Best
Arthur

Hi Daza,

At a mere 32 years young I had a T2 Melanoma removed from my shoulder blade (thanks to a very persistent harping wife to get it checked). It looks like Zorro left his big "Z" insignia there now, but like you I was one of the lucky ones, 6 more months unchecked and things would be very different today. Have since had the inside of my ear replaced with a bit of skin from the side of my face, good bits taken out of both arms, chest, back and face but they are now on top of things and the future looks much brighter than it once did. Thanks to a bloody good Dermatologist you would hardly tell now too.

I would most certainly re-enforce your Sun smart message.

Good luck with your recovery.

Regards, Trevor.

Thats no good Daza

Hope the treatment works.

I am lucky to have had a flick of the tar brush in my ancestry but I am still careful when out in the sun covering up, especially up top where the folicles are few and far between :-)


Cheers

I had one cut off from my stomach 19 years ago. No bleeding or pain from it but SWMBO nagged me get it looked at which I did and he then cut it off under local a couple of days later.
That was seent off to the path. lab and the answer came back quick.... L3 Melanoma.
Had the op. a few days later which entailed cutting a big lump of gut off (made me lopsided) right through to the stomach wall.
Had to wait approx. 2 weeks for the final path. results and that was an "all clear" as no cancerous cells were found on the outside of the bit removed.
The surgeon had advised me after the operation that the wait was the worst and he would/could not offer me any false hopes as he'd done the same for another bloke 3 months previously but that bloke had already died!!!
Made me feel real good.
Apparently it's the fastest form of cancer and once it gets into the main bloodstream you're a gonna as there's only a certain amount of bits can be cut out.
So I learned from that, that a good sun tan plus a coating of dust and a carton of beer at night doesn't protect you after all!
Good luck with the treatment.
Alan.