If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you realize that there is very little that I usually keep private. Of course, there are many things that I will never share with anyone...
A few months ago while I was soaking in our soaking tub, I came across a rough spot on my side. It was not in a place that I could readily see it so I depended on our full-length mirror to see just what it was that I was feeling. What I saw was a small spot that was darker than my skin. In the middle of the spot was a very dark spot. The thing felt like a small piece of sandpaper. It was so thick that I could feel it through my clothing.
I don't know why I didn't go to the doctor about this back then but I didn't. Over time, both spots continued to grow. The dark spot grew bigger and blacker. The sandpaper effect never went away either. Given the fact that cancer has been so horrible in our family, I decided to have it checked out. This morning, minor surgery was performed. The doctor spent quite a long time doing her cutting so that she could hopefully get everything that was growing there. She cut away some of the healthy skin too just to be on the safer side. Eight stitches later, the spot was removed from my body and was destined for a lab where pathologists will work on it to see if it is cancer or not. I will return to the clinic in a week to have the sutures removed. Hopefully, the results will be there then. It normally takes 7 days for the results to be announced. Pathologists cut little slices of the blemish to look for any not-so-good cells. This takes awhile.
What's next? I will have an appointment set up for me with an oncologist who will determine what we do next. I have another spot on the back side of my body. So far, there is no black spot and it is still smooth--no sandpaper effect. We will continue to watch it and see if it changes. If it does, I am sure that it, too, will be removed.
It is going to b a long week ahead of me. The not knowing is something that I am not good with. LOL! I have very little patience. I have no one to blame about this situation though. If I were to do it all over again, I would have made a doctor's appointment right away. If I had done that, this would have been a thing of the past by now.
In the meantime, I will be fine. God has saved me MANY times before now. He will this time also.
VLE-B
I hope all turns out well - I hope first it wasn't cancerous - and if it was, that it's all been removed.
ReplyDeleteGet well and be well soonest.