The "C" word (35)
Thalassa: Well, the "most likely" part is my fault. He told me a couple of things that it might be and I asked him, point blank, what he thought it really is (based on his experience). In other words, I didn't want bs, I wanted an educated opinion, which he gave me when I pressed.
I can't say I'm taking it all in stride, exactly, as I don't look forward to the biopsy, but it does seem that all will be ok, so I don't feel particularly worried about the outcome...just dreading the discomfort (read: pain) because I'm a complete wuss when it comes to pain.
I can't say I'm taking it all in stride, exactly, as I don't look forward to the biopsy, but it does seem that all will be ok, so I don't feel particularly worried about the outcome...just dreading the discomfort (read: pain) because I'm a complete wuss when it comes to pain.
Just a suggestion, I've no idea whether this will be any use to you:
Try imagining the area of the biopsy is no longer a part of you, but in your mind create an image of it in its own hospital bed being made better. If you can do that during tests and treatment in a very focussed way, you can get yourself in a deep state of relaxation and seperate it from yourself. Its like hypnosis, I suppose and any discomfort is not happening directly to you. Its just a technique to make it less personal.
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A few years back I had an adenoma (medical words ending in oma aren't good.....like carcinoma) removed from my intestine as it was causing me severe discomfort.
It was weeks later my own GP said it wasn't malignant! I didn't even know they were looking for cancer. Scared me a bit.
But there's something about the word cancer that sounds dirty and ugly and that it would be my own fault if I got it! Some how MS, aneurism or heart disease or the like sound much more acceptable!
It was weeks later my own GP said it wasn't malignant! I didn't even know they were looking for cancer. Scared me a bit.
But there's something about the word cancer that sounds dirty and ugly and that it would be my own fault if I got it! Some how MS, aneurism or heart disease or the like sound much more acceptable!
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Thalassa: And, no, it's not the one you might think, but it's equally repulsive and prone to causing a very uncomfortable reaction when one hears this word....
Cancer.
Today I went to a dermatologist, for him to examine a new "spot" I have seen recently on my thigh. Most likely, he tells me, it is basal cell carcinoma...a skin cancer that is treatable and one of the least forms of skin cancer to worry about.....
Cancer.
Today I went to a dermatologist, for him to examine a new "spot" I have seen recently on my thigh. Most likely, he tells me, it is basal cell carcinoma...a skin cancer that is treatable and one of the least forms of skin cancer to worry about.....
"New spot"= early detection = no worries...I've been through something like this quite recently..according to my pathology report I had a "prominent hyperkeratosis,acanthosis and moderately differentiated sqamous cell carcinoma",,
and I thought it was just a funny lookin freckle,
anyway, To cut a long story short, I ended up having a rather large tumor removed from my arm,hadn't spread so all was well but the point is the spot,,was there for quite sometime,over a year at least and, I only got it checked because it had risen at some point,and actually started bleeding one night and I have it on good athourity(from a doctor 
) that it wouldn't have got to the point it did if I had it checked when I first noticed it and,,it wasn't that bad in the end anyhow...so,if it's new, even if it were to be cancerous,you should be fine.. so anyway,,all the best for tuesday.....
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Thalassa: And, no, it's not the one you might think, but it's equally repulsive and prone to causing a very uncomfortable reaction when one hears this word....
Cancer.
Today I went to a dermatologist, for him to examine a new "spot" I have seen recently on my thigh. Most likely, he tells me, it is basal cell carcinoma...a skin cancer that is treatable and one of the least forms of skin cancer to worry about....
But it's cancer.
And so the mind wanders. And we think of all the "what ifs" and "buts" and "maybes." And we take it to far greater levels in our minds. Cancer. A horrible, nasty, disgusting, fearful word. Much like the other "c" word. But the odd thing is that, while my mind took me to places that I know I won't be going to anytime soon, I felt ok. Not terrified, not horrified, not sad. Very much ok. My wild imaginations of my untimely death told me that I am very much at peace. I know I have, in my life, done many wonderful and amazing things....and I have also been a bad, bad girl ( ). And when it's all said and done, I will quietly slip out of the back exit with a crooked little grin on my face.
I'll have the biopsy on Tuesday to be sure, and again...he assures me that I shouldn't worry and what he believes I have is very treatable, so this is by no means a "woe is me" thread. I just was quite delighted to realize that perhaps bad news, that causes the mind to wander, can sometimes be an eye-opening and peaceful awakening.
Just thinking/writing out loud here.
Cancer.
Today I went to a dermatologist, for him to examine a new "spot" I have seen recently on my thigh. Most likely, he tells me, it is basal cell carcinoma...a skin cancer that is treatable and one of the least forms of skin cancer to worry about....
But it's cancer.
And so the mind wanders. And we think of all the "what ifs" and "buts" and "maybes." And we take it to far greater levels in our minds. Cancer. A horrible, nasty, disgusting, fearful word. Much like the other "c" word. But the odd thing is that, while my mind took me to places that I know I won't be going to anytime soon, I felt ok. Not terrified, not horrified, not sad. Very much ok. My wild imaginations of my untimely death told me that I am very much at peace. I know I have, in my life, done many wonderful and amazing things....and I have also been a bad, bad girl ( ). And when it's all said and done, I will quietly slip out of the back exit with a crooked little grin on my face.
I'll have the biopsy on Tuesday to be sure, and again...he assures me that I shouldn't worry and what he believes I have is very treatable, so this is by no means a "woe is me" thread. I just was quite delighted to realize that perhaps bad news, that causes the mind to wander, can sometimes be an eye-opening and peaceful awakening.
Just thinking/writing out loud here.
Ahhh yes the C word
A friend of minw had exactly what you are describing..... worrying but nothing to be alarmed about, hope all goes well 
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Actually I'm rather fond of that other C word.
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Hi OP, I hope it all goes well for you. 
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I just found this from another site.
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Godsgift: A few years back I had an adenoma (medical words ending in oma aren't good.....like carcinoma) removed from my intestine as it was causing me severe discomfort.
It was weeks later my own GP said it wasn't malignant! I didn't even know they were looking for cancer. Scared me a bit.
But there's something about the word cancer that sounds dirty and ugly and that it would be my own fault if I got it! Some how MS, aneurism or heart disease or the like sound much more acceptable!
It was weeks later my own GP said it wasn't malignant! I didn't even know they were looking for cancer. Scared me a bit.
But there's something about the word cancer that sounds dirty and ugly and that it would be my own fault if I got it! Some how MS, aneurism or heart disease or the like sound much more acceptable!
not to those with MS
yes im defensive
its a very misunderstood illness
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and since its you GG i know i can pop off w/ a mont of emotion and not be blasted for it
so thanks
so thanks
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mindfful: and since its you GG i know i can pop off w/ a mont of emotion and not be blasted for it
so thanks
so thanks
moment
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mindfful: and since its you GG i know i can pop off w/ a mont of emotion and not be blasted for it
so thanks
so thanks
Not making light of MS but there's just something about cancer that makes me think that it's bad living that causes it whereas MS can be contracted by anyone.
I hasten to add that I have absolutely no medical or physiological training!
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Godsgift: Not making light of MS but there's just something about cancer that makes me think that it's bad living that causes it whereas MS can be contracted by anyone.
I hasten to add that I have absolutely no medical or physiological training!
I hasten to add that I have absolutely no medical or physiological training!
"Bad living" does not necessarily cause cancer, but in some cases does. It is bad fortune, and sometimes hereditary factors, that can precipitate cancer. People let symptoms go by for months and months. I often deal with patients who have had symptoms for months, if not years, before seeing their family doctor. As soon as people find anything suspicious or their body or body functions change, it is best to see a doctor. If a family member or members have had cancer it may be advantageous to be screened.
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My mother with the age of 78 has removed a skin cancer, the same type - basel cell carcinoma, last September. It was a surgery with local anestesy, she could come home the same day...
So far she didn't do any thing else, not any aditional treatement and she is fine (and bossy...), doing her normal life and taking care of herself as always.
We know exactly why my mother had this cancer, it came from her childhood, a stupid treatment they where doing does days.
Be happy and relax this cancer is not a bad one...it will be just a small "cut". You will be well. Your doctor said the truth, it is a tretable form of cancer. It is NOT a melanoma...
Cancer is as any other illness. We have to face them.
From now on you must have special care on your skin and don't get sunshine. Your are in Cyprus...no more going to the sea side without a shade on you. Ask your doctor.
So far she didn't do any thing else, not any aditional treatement and she is fine (and bossy...), doing her normal life and taking care of herself as always.
We know exactly why my mother had this cancer, it came from her childhood, a stupid treatment they where doing does days.
Be happy and relax this cancer is not a bad one...it will be just a small "cut". You will be well. Your doctor said the truth, it is a tretable form of cancer. It is NOT a melanoma...
Cancer is as any other illness. We have to face them.
From now on you must have special care on your skin and don't get sunshine. Your are in Cyprus...no more going to the sea side without a shade on you. Ask your doctor.
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In the last year, I visited a dermatologist and was told I had numerous pre-cancerous spots on both my arms and hands. They sprayed them with liquid nitrogen. But, there was one spot on the top of my right hand that they were concerned about, so they shave it off and sent it off to be tested. Turned out that it was squamous cell carcinoma. The big "C". I was scheduled and went to one of their other offices and it was retested. Then they drew a circle and started cutting, cutting a little more, until it tested and came back clear. Since then, I went back for a recheck and had a few more spots sprayed. And I will go back in another six months to be checked again.
What points am I trying to make? That at first I heard the word cancer and was concerned, to say the least. But then I realized, that at age 61, things like that happen. And the doctor told me that these spots probably started decades before. That's the way that skin cancer works.
So, then I realized that, since there was nothing I could do about it now, that it wouldn't do me any good to worry about it. What's going to happen is going to happen. So it's just better to go with the flow, do what the doctor tells you to and try not to worry about it. I know it's easier to say than it is to do, but that's what you have to do anyway.
Hope that is of some help to you. Good luck -- and enjoy your life!
What points am I trying to make? That at first I heard the word cancer and was concerned, to say the least. But then I realized, that at age 61, things like that happen. And the doctor told me that these spots probably started decades before. That's the way that skin cancer works.
So, then I realized that, since there was nothing I could do about it now, that it wouldn't do me any good to worry about it. What's going to happen is going to happen. So it's just better to go with the flow, do what the doctor tells you to and try not to worry about it. I know it's easier to say than it is to do, but that's what you have to do anyway.
Hope that is of some help to you. Good luck -- and enjoy your life!
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Cancer.
Today I went to a dermatologist, for him to examine a new "spot" I have seen recently on my thigh. Most likely, he tells me, it is basal cell carcinoma...a skin cancer that is treatable and one of the least forms of skin cancer to worry about....
But it's cancer.
And so the mind wanders. And we think of all the "what ifs" and "buts" and "maybes." And we take it to far greater levels in our minds. Cancer. A horrible, nasty, disgusting, fearful word. Much like the other "c" word. But the odd thing is that, while my mind took me to places that I know I won't be going to anytime soon, I felt ok. Not terrified, not horrified, not sad. Very much ok. My wild imaginations of my untimely death told me that I am very much at peace. I know I have, in my life, done many wonderful and amazing things....and I have also been a bad, bad girl ( ). And when it's all said and done, I will quietly slip out of the back exit with a crooked little grin on my face.
I'll have the biopsy on Tuesday to be sure, and again...he assures me that I shouldn't worry and what he believes I have is very treatable, so this is by no means a "woe is me" thread. I just was quite delighted to realize that perhaps bad news, that causes the mind to wander, can sometimes be an eye-opening and peaceful awakening.
Just thinking/writing out loud here.