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@bdaniels3434

I was diagnosed with IGA nephropathy in early 1990 and had a kidney transplant on 12/15/90. I just turned 54 and never had Covid and have always been super healthy and energetic and made all star teams in high school. I live in Phoenix and it has been a real shock to me regarding all the skin cancer from being a man living in Phoenix . I typically go every three months or so and my derm burns off all of my pre-cancerous AK’s. I’m currently using Effudex as a preventative measure for this and it is really unfortunate but you have to do what you have to do. Can anyone relate to this scenario? I really sucks. It would be really awesome to hear from someone and my similar situation.

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Welcome @bdaniels3434. You will find members talking about skin cancer in the Cancer Support Group here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/cancer/

Here are a couple of discussions to get you connected:

- Could my skin cancer be back? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/skin-cancer-2/
- Skin cancer: Has anybody had fluorouracil treatment? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/has-anybody-had-the-fluorouracil-treatment/
- Efudex as treatment for damaged skin https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i-grew-up-out-of-doors-in-colorado-have-blue-eyes-and/