got a call from a doc about a mole they looked at a few weeks ago and i'm being fast tracked to a dermatologist for a biopsy. cue panic attack and being completely useless for two days whilst my brain fills in the blanks with the worst result possible

this is only my worst nightmare and now i have to go to work like i'm not crumbling inside

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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    17 days ago

    I don't know if this will help to put your mind at ease, but if it is melanoma, that is one of the most treatable types of cancer with the highest survival rates as long as it's called early

    • shath [comrade/them]
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      17 days ago

      i know all this but having had health neuroses as far back as i can remember it's just the thought hits me right in my weak spot mentally

      thanks for the thought though

      • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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        17 days ago

        My grandpa died from it but that's because he ignored everybody who told him to get it looked at until it was swollen and spontaneously bleeding

        That was 33 years ago and I think we're better at treating cancer now. You should be okay. Hang in there. Don't let despair eat away at you

      • SchillMenaker [he/him]
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        17 days ago

        The much more common form of skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma, it's way more prevalent than melanomas. It's also the slowest growing and most easily removed.