Skin Cancer Support Group
If you or a loved one has skin cancer, this is the community to discuss your experience, find support, and meet others going through the same. Skin cancer is a malignant growth on the skin, which can have many causes, including repeated severe sunburns or long-term exposure to the sun. Skin cancer generally develops in the outermost layer of skin so a tumor is usually...
I have had surgery on my finger for squamous cell cancer. I had a large tumor like growth and once removed I needed a graft which was taken from my arm. It all healed wonderful. I was told I am cancer free now but just a couple of months ago (about 6 after surgery) I noticed a raised inflamed spot in the incesion line. I watched it get worse for about a week, went to the Dr., had a biopsy that ended up with a negative result for cancer. The Dr. said that it might be a stitch iritating my incision line but he did nothing further. He said to watch it but it should go away on its own.
The biopsy they took removed about 1/2 of the inflamed part. The Physicians attendant said there was puss in it it too when she cut into it.
I did watch it and it never went away but was only about half the size prior to the biopsy. Now it seems to be growing again. It's a inflamed rounc something with what looks to be a hole in the middle of it with something white and a little scabby lookng. It feels hard underneath the skin and actually now is strting to bother me. It seems that I am constantly bumping it now causing pain in it.
Tomorrow I guess I'll have to call the Dr. again and go in. I'm scare about spending the money since I truly am broke but on the other hand its better to eat beanie weenies for awhile than to die from cancer.
I realize that most of you are not Dr.s and non of you have seen my finger but I do ask you this. Have any of you heard of this happening? I was told I couldn't get cancer in the same spot. A biopsy said the second growth was negative. Now I have the third growing within probaly a 1/16 of an inch from the second one and in the incision line of the skin graft.
HELP!
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The biopsy they took removed about 1/2 of the inflamed part. The Physicians attendant said there was puss in it it too when she cut into it.
I did watch it and it never went away but was only about half the size prior to the biopsy. Now it seems to be growing again. It's a inflamed rounc something with what looks to be a hole in the middle of it with something white and a little scabby lookng. It feels hard underneath the skin and actually now is strting to bother me. It seems that I am constantly bumping it now causing pain in it.
Tomorrow I guess I'll have to call the Dr. again and go in. I'm scare about spending the money since I truly am broke but on the other hand its better to eat beanie weenies for awhile than to die from cancer.
I realize that most of you are not Dr.s and non of you have seen my finger but I do ask you this. Have any of you heard of this happening? I was told I couldn't get cancer in the same spot. A biopsy said the second growth was negative. Now I have the third growing within probaly a 1/16 of an inch from the second one and in the incision line of the skin graft.
HELP!
I've been trying to load pictures of all this on DS but I can't get anything to load.
go get a 2nd opinion
HUGS
Just to let you know, it is RARE that someone dies from SCC. So, that is something you dont need to really worry about. The cases when it can be deadly is when it is on a person face and literally has waited so long to be addressed that it eats away the skin and goes into the brain. SCC is far different than MM. It is also not common for the SCC to come back in the same place if the margins were done properly. From what you described, it sounds like you have an infection or the healing of the sx has caused something funky to go on. Plus, being on your finger causes you to bump, use, irritate the sx area easier than if it was on another place on your body. You are prone to more SCC so it is smart that you are having the other area that looks suspicious checked out. It may be SCC or it may not. Not everything that looks weird is skin cancer and in my case, not everything that looks normal, is not skin cancer (melanoma in my case).
Lastly, it is ALWAYS a good idea to have two seperate pathologists check your biopsy. My most recent melanom in sita came back negative for any cancer cells at all. The second path report, done at UCLA came back as melanoma in situ. My derm always sends my biopsies to two places. One being a melanoma specialist (UCLA). You can never be too careful when it comes to melanoma cancer. But, again, SCC is a totally different ball game. Rarely does it spread to the lymph system or cause death. That is something that you can put out of your head. Your doing everything you should do. Good for you!
Hang in there and keep us posted.M
Melissa