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Skin squamous cell carcinoma (recurring)

Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (163)
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@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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jodes1984 | @jodes1984 | 2 days ago

@grammato3 Thank you for your reply, and I'm so sorry sorry you have been through all this.

I've had a CT scan recently and it is showing low value lymph nodes, I think it means my lymph nodes are up near where my high risk SCC was. I think it's probably spread, as I now have an appointment with my consultant in 6 days, and another scan in 2 weeks, where they'll do a biopsy of it looks unusual.

I'm so frightened it's a death sentence. Has anyone ever been through an SCC that has spread to the local lymph nodes and survived?

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