Something a lot of folks just skip by ( my self included ) is skin cancer.
After years of being out in the Florida sun before sun block was known. The byproduct is rearing it's ugly head.
A different medical problem had my general physician suggesting that I see a dermatologist. While at the dermatologist who starts with a full body exam. During that exam some spots were located on my head and ears. We started treatment in the office by freezing and a little cutting for some biopics. From the biopsy results it's lucky they were noticed and stopped when they were.
The rest of the area the doc had me use some ointment to get rid of the ones that were not frozen. Hera's the reason I was told , I will have to use q full canister of nitrogen and take a hour or more to get each one. The ointment is easier for both of us. During that three week process several other pink spots appeared. The ointment was killing those cancer cells. After three weeks everything was back to normal.
Forward to this year........
This month back for a yearly check up. Darn if the doc did not find some spots on both arms. Freezing some and after checking closer I was told to use that ointment on my arms twice a day , for three weeks. After a few days my arms are looking like I have the measles , chicken pox and anything else that causes red spots to appear including the creeping crud. They are areas of skin cancer that were not detectable just by looking at the arms.
The left arm has more and I'm sure it's because I use to drive a car with my left arm resting on the door frame. This was back when cooling in the vehicle was 2wd60 style... Two windows down at 60 MPH. Even today with the windows up and the AC blasting the sun still hits the left arm , the right arm is always in the shade no matter what.
It's an eye opener for me and if you have any thoughts or what if's see a dermatologist and get a check up to be safe.
After years of being out in the Florida sun before sun block was known. The byproduct is rearing it's ugly head.
A different medical problem had my general physician suggesting that I see a dermatologist. While at the dermatologist who starts with a full body exam. During that exam some spots were located on my head and ears. We started treatment in the office by freezing and a little cutting for some biopics. From the biopsy results it's lucky they were noticed and stopped when they were.
The rest of the area the doc had me use some ointment to get rid of the ones that were not frozen. Hera's the reason I was told , I will have to use q full canister of nitrogen and take a hour or more to get each one. The ointment is easier for both of us. During that three week process several other pink spots appeared. The ointment was killing those cancer cells. After three weeks everything was back to normal.
Forward to this year........
This month back for a yearly check up. Darn if the doc did not find some spots on both arms. Freezing some and after checking closer I was told to use that ointment on my arms twice a day , for three weeks. After a few days my arms are looking like I have the measles , chicken pox and anything else that causes red spots to appear including the creeping crud. They are areas of skin cancer that were not detectable just by looking at the arms.
The left arm has more and I'm sure it's because I use to drive a car with my left arm resting on the door frame. This was back when cooling in the vehicle was 2wd60 style... Two windows down at 60 MPH. Even today with the windows up and the AC blasting the sun still hits the left arm , the right arm is always in the shade no matter what.
It's an eye opener for me and if you have any thoughts or what if's see a dermatologist and get a check up to be safe.