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Skin squamous cell carcinoma (recurring)

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@gingerw I'm so sorry to hear that you have experienced them all, how did you cope mentally? I hope you're in the mend from them all?

I had my results today, it was a high risk SCC, so am having a scan tomorrow as my lymph nodes are up, so they want to see if it has spread to near y lymph nodes or organs. I'm so scared.

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Susan, Volunteer Mentor | @grammato3 | Jul 15 6:11pm

@jodes1984: I’m so sorry to hear this was confirmed as what your original provider suspected but thank goodness they sent you for this follow up care.

Like @gingerw, I’ve also had all three types of skin cancers and had also undergone testing of my lymph nodes as well as several and ongoing PET scans so I well understand the “scanxiety” as many of us refer to these procedures. I’ve found this article which I’ve shared in the past, let me know if you find some of the suggestions helpful: https://melanoma.org.au/news/coping-with-scanxiety/

Please keep up with the updates when you can.

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Jul 19 1:38pm

@jodes1984 I accept my maladies. I advocate for myself the best ways possible, for the health conditions present at any given time. This gives me a sense of having sayso in decisions. Remembering that my medical team also includes me!

How was your scan, and the results? Thinking about you today...
Ginger

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