Now It’s Official!

I’ve been going to a skin doctor for about fifteen years having them look for cancers. As a blonde-haired, white guy, you would think there would have been a lot. Lots of pre-cancers, yes; but until now, no official skin cancer. 

Well, now it’s official: that thing on my leg is skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma, to be precise. It showed up about a year ago; but I didn’t have it seen to because of the pandemic. Finally decided to go have it checked out. After a biopsy confirmed it was cancer, I had it removed in a pretty simple and straightforward procedure. 

Basal carcinomas are pretty basic. They sit and grow in the upper layers of skin. They don’t burrow or spread like other skin cancers can – like melanoma. But, if not tended to, they can cause all kinds of problems, so I’m really glad that this one is history.