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Waiting 5 months for Mohs surgery for BCC

Posted by mimi59 @mimi59, Jan 30 1:46am

My biopsy came back basal cell carcinoma. Dr. wants to do Mohs surgery but can’t get me in for five months. Is this too long to wait and maybe dangerous.

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itchyrich | @itchyrich | Feb 2 3:21pm
In reply to @lips702 "I have had several MOHS surgery's on my shins. I have SCC on my legs and..." + (show)
@lips702

I have had several MOHS surgery's on my shins.
I have SCC on my legs and had several open wounds and was in great pain.
MAYO recommend "Wound care" it has been the greatest thing ever!!!! Thank you.
I am under the care of an oncologist and receive Immunotherapy every 3 weeks and will have another PET scan end of this month. I will have had 6 infusions.
Let's see if it's working!

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You have a lot going on. Good luck.
I had a large melanoma removed from my back in 1992. I had two surgeries for it a month apart as the first one done by a plastic surgeon who didn't take enough margin. The second one was done at John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica and was far more extensive. They put me in their clinical trial for a cancer cell vaccine which I was in for six years. Eventually it fizzled out and was deemed unsuccessful, but I have never had a recurrence. I went through many blood tests and lost my fear of needles. I believe I've heard that current researchers are having more success. Again, good luck.

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