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MOHS surgery and topical chemo

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Hello! I am going to have MOHS surgery for skin cancer that is located above my right eyebrow, and also I have an Rx for a topical chemotherapy cream for my bottom lip. I was wondering if anyone has had experience in these treatments and could tell me what to expect. Thanks!
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I've had skin cancer on my nose and they were going to to the mohs procedure, but because of the location, they just cut to the chase and carved up the top of my nose including some cartilidge. They said that I would never have to worry about it again.
Well, they were wrong. I just had a biopsy a couple of months ago (only because I insisted) and sure enough, they found precancerous cells right next to my scar. Great.
I go back in December 10th for another check, but don't know if they will do more biopsies or what. It's very depressing. I'm thinking of changing docs because I'm not feeling like my current doc is as concerned about my cancer as I am.
Skin cancer runs in my family and my mother's twin sister has been battling it for over 40 years. She is now 92 and just finished treatment on the side of her nose with the new Chemo Cream. It worked great!!!!! They were afraid to do surgery on her because of her age, but the cream took care of the problem. She really didn't complain much, but said the cream did make her spot of cancer look really bad for awhile. She was able to cover it with a band-aid when she wanted to, and she has had several clean check-ups since then.
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Thanks for your reply, maybe you could get the chemo cream this time too?? That would be easier than surgery right? I wish you the best of luck! I will be using the chemo cream on my lip, and I heard it will be ugly and painful. But it is wonderful if it cures the cancer.
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Hey Ladyloo
Is the topical cream called Aldara?
I used it for a basal cell on my nose. The lesion will get nasty looking with a big scab for a while then will look great. The data for using topical aldara on superficial basal cell carcinomas is great...youll do fine
Dr O.
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Thank you Dr. O! I was referred to another dr. and he said that he would like to do laser surgery on the lip for the precancerous cells. What do you think is a better treatment, the laser or the chemo cream. The cream is called Flouroplex. One dr. felt that the cells on my lips (most of my bottom lip is affected) if they turned into cancer would be squamis cells.
Thanks, LL
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