Living with Skin CancerThis section is a place to share stories about Living with Skin Cancer. Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. You may also Help others by sharing your story. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download Malignant Melanoma I was 25 years old and I had just gotten back from spending 4 months in Saudi Arabia with the United States Air Force. After a few months as I would try to sleep I had this really deep itch in my left inner thigh. I would rub it all night because it was so deep my fingernails wouldn’t help. Finally, I happened to think to look at it one morning and I noticed a mole It was really dark almost black, but nothing unusual. Since I was in the military and it was free I decided to have it checked out. I went in and the doctor said it didn’t look like it would be cancerous, but since I came in he would biopsy it and send it to the lab. Two months later, he called me into his office and told me that I had malignant melanoma on my leg. He was as shocked as I was. I went to a dermatologist and he said that I caught it very quickly and they were able to cut it out and I would be fine. I still go to the dermatologist every 6 months to have all my moles checked, and I will do that for the rest of my life. Comments
April 2008
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