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I Can't Say In Public

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By wseverin

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Four years ago, I had a mole on my shoulder. It was the size of a pinhead once. Then it turned into a blue crab dark looking thing, seemed like overnight, bigger than a pencil eraser with legs. I went to a family doctor, cut it off, and tossed it into the trash. The doctor said it was nothing, but now I have a scar the size of a nickel there.

Fast forward two years, a large mole appears on my left cheekbone, same side as the shoulder. My new family practitioner cut that off, and by the next day was found to be malignant melanoma, but didn't tell me until a week later. Since then 2 more malignant melanomas removed, dozen or so precancerous removed. Damn good thing I can handle pain. I'd confront that old doctor, but he passed away. ?

This stuff is a royal pain. Now, that spot on my shoulder has reappeared near where the first one is. I am NOT optimistic about this. It just keeps coming back. Now, every little dot on me gives me a good dose of worry. Needlessly. If doc 1 had sent it to a lab, maybe I wouldn't be going through this now.

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