i have had a lesion on the side of my facenear to my ear now 1inch approx long and half inch wide that bled and crusted over and itched and then went wet with puss ,then went dry still bled ended up with a rolled rim around one side really pink ,now has a scar crater in the middle of it as if skin grown has over . does not hurt but itches constantly my gps have been giving me creams to apply and said it was a infection and never picked up on it being cancer it has been there 5yrs still not diagnosed . until i went to see a doctor about the pain fibromyalgia was causing and asked for more pain relief .i then decided to ask this doc who turned out to be a skin specialist he told me i had a type of cancer he sent off for appo with a plastic surgeon he said would remove it . i have just been given appo and they are making me wait 6 weeks is this right i feel sick i have been told cancer can a cancer even though i have had it 5yrs and not diognosed can it be deadlier than if they caught it straight away can either a basal or squamous become lethal after this time please tell me i need to know love ann
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Q: dionosed with skin cancer after lesion found 5yrs
Oh Ann...I am so sorry this happened to you. This is why I recommend that everyone go see a dermatologist each year for a full body skin check up. Sometimes the GP's miss skin cancer even though in your case...it seems like it would have been so evident.
Have they told you what type of skin cancer this is?
Squamous cell skin cancer is more aggressive than Basal cell carcinoma and can spread to other organs. It still is relatively slow growing though.
Basal cell carcinoma is rarely deadly and is usually slow growing. Our Dr. Kevin Berman has written a good article on this called, "Basal Cell Carcinoma is not and never will be melanoma." In this article the doctor says: "If these cancerous cells invade deeper down into the dermis then it is called invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Invasive squamous cell carcinoma is more likely to metastasize than basal cell carcinoma, but this fortunately does not happen often."
I do hope they take care of you soon and to tell you if the cancer is superficial and limited to your skin. I would not panic as you do not have all the information yet.
Please do let us know what happens. We will be thinking of you.
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