I can't do MOH's surgery any more. I have had 2 on my nose which is now disfigured and I need reconstruction so I can breathe properly. I had it done on top of my head that's left a scar from the front all the way to the back. The last time I had MOH's was on my inner arm and it was for basal cell. It took 6 weeks to heal and now I have a huge keloid scar. He couldn't close the area because the skin was too thin. Dr.'s are pushing MOH's because of course surgery brings in good $. But a prescription of Imiquimod takes care of my basal cell just fine and those spots have never come back. I've used it for squamous cell as well. I believe in the path of least resistance. Try something less agonizing first and if it doesn't work, then surgery is okay. And if you do have MOH's, go directly to a Plastic Surgeon so he can remove and reconstruct at the same time.
Man its eating my nose off ,, and I live in Kentucky the last place on earth you want to get cancer they are no Doctors here ,,,they send all the hillbillies to Markey Cancer center put them on chemo and radation ,, and some pills and send them home to hook up with Hospice ,,,,and then the funeral. ,,,,dress up , Preach a little sing a song ,,, haul there dead ass to the dirt nap yard ,,and then get dinner ,,,at John John Silvers ,,, and thats all folks !!!
My daughter in law had a dermatologist in Spokane that was trained in plastic surgery as well, her surgeon was diligent in the way she removed the cancer on her nose, in the end, it looked like she had about 100 tiny, tiny sutures. Her surgery was done in March. At the end of April they were moving back to Texas, she and grandson arrived first, coming to my house on May 3, I could not see where she had surgery! Last September I had the fourth surgery on my face! I was not at all happy having to have MOHS surgery as I really wanted to try chemo cream on it, but dr said since it was squamous cell and was deep I needed MOHS. Well he was untruthful, the MOHS surgeon didn’t go deeper, she went wider, and I had to schedule surgery for my second biopsy done at the same time as the last one, and this was on my finger, in the end she removed an area about the size of a upper case o. I’ve battled skin cancer for 47 years, and at 81, I am done with surgeries, they can recommend radiation or some sort of chemo cream, but I am truly done. I’ve lost count of the total of surgeries I’ve had, and in addition to those, I’ve had hundreds of pre cancerous spots frozen off, and those hurt pretty badly.
It really depends..I had poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma on my vulvar in 2017... They said they couldn't determine if it was still vin3 or stage one at the time...Had it surgically removed and in July 2023 its in my groin lymph nodes...its a very complicated surgery and no one felt comfortable doing it until they found a surgon who thinks he can. I don't feel comfortable with it. I won't go on...I just wanted to share my experience. I feel doomed. It's February 2024 and in my opinion..it's probably already started growing some where else ..but not seen yet.. Nit trying to be negative. Just realistic. 😶
I had my first diagnosis in 2016 at that time they said melanoma in situ, I had surgery, they removed al my labia, vulvar and part of my urethra. 2017 it came back on the urethra, another surgery. 2023 again surgery, they took more urethra and a good portion around that, that came back as Squamish cell. Prior to this last one, I had a brochoscopy, then 3 weeks later had a thoracoromy they took 9 or so biopsies, the one in my lung was Squamish cell. Then 2 months later a grape size tumor 2as removed off the back of my left knee, 2024 had another "spot" biopsies and then removed from my left arm, at the outer elbow, Squamish cell. Wondering where else it's gonna show up!!!
Can I ask -did you have lichen sclerosis of the vulva first? Many women have LS (intense itching of the vulva is one symptom) and dont know it. If left untreated that can turn into vulgar cancer.
@@rosemarywise5952oh my goodness. I need to stop complaining! That’s a lot to deal with, and my heart truly goes out to you. When I’m dealing with skin cancer, which mine seems minor compared to what you are going through, I take a huge dose of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla. It soothes my 81 yo soul. Trusting that you have supportive family and friends. 💐🙏🏻
@@emb74Itching is one of the ways I have diagnosed my own skin cancers for the past 47 years starting with malignant Melanoma on my back. If I could have had someone scratch the daylights out of my back, not sure it would have even been enough, itching gone after surgery.
I have had 7, jawline, chest, shoulder, and 4 on my head. Mixture of basal and squamous, no melanoma yet thank god! Can they do a PET to see if this is more than superficial?
My father has poorly differenciated squamous cancer in his bladder doctors decided to resect the bladder and relace it with a bag outside the body. my question is this type of cancer is less life threatening, i mean , if we resect the bladder is my father will live ?!
squamous cancer is a broad family, and different levels of differenciations lead to wide heterogeneity among patients. nobody can guarantee anything in terms of prognosis unfortunately
I have been having it on my cheekbone for maybe 15 years. With every year it got worse and now there's hard growth in the center looking like a scar and the skin around is flaky. Before I used fresh lemon juice on it.
I have squamous on my face and have just discovered Image Guided Radiotherapy. The claim is that it has a slightly higher success rate than Moh's. I will likely go this route.
I have been having it on my cheekbone for many years. About 12 years ago I told my FD, but she ignored it. In January 2023 I saw a nurse practitioner, but she told me it wasn't cancer and didn't refer me to a dermatologist. Only last May I saw a dermatologist who diagnosed me with BCC, his nurse performed biopsy, 2 weeks later told me it wasn't dangerous, but no treatment or surgery offered me. Yet I wanted to get some treatment and last August saw the same dermatologist again, but nothing was done that day, only offered me a surgery. To me it looked as if he was hesitant about it. So, I wanted to find an alternative treatment.
I believe on the face and back areas they are not really bad- it’s when they are in different areas of the body that they can be dangerous. In the mouth or other organs.
Like the above has said these 2 skin csncers anywhere on skin and face even lip isnt life threatening even if find it late. Most cancers if diagnose to late its not curable but these 2 rarely spread
I have basal cell carcinoma on my upper lip. They wanted to go right to Mohs surgery (99% cure rate). I did not want to screw up my face. The thing I did not like is that the surgeon does not know how much tissue he must remove when he begins to cut. It could be a small amount of tissue or a large amount of tissue depending on what he sees under the microscope. I did some homework and found out that there is an alternative called superficial radio therapy (SRT) (95% effective for basal and squamous cell cancers of the skin). Also, 5 fluorouracil cream is about 75% effective is you do the whole course of therapy, but you want a better cure rate than that. I am not a dermatologist so seek professional help. Just wanted to let you know that there may be other options for you.
@@floydfarano3385In another post I mentioned that my daughter in law had surgery for a spot on her nose while she lived in Spokane, her surgery was done in March, they were moving back to Texas and arrived at my house on May 3. I could not see where my dnl had surgery, her dermatologist was trained in plastic surgery, she probably had at least 100 tiny tiny sutures. I had MOHS surgery in September of 2023, scar is front and center, no missing it. It was the 4th surgery on my face, including two on my cheek, I am sure the second cheek surgery was from the same cells of the first surgery as they aren’t even a half inch apart, the other was MOHS surgery on my nose leaving a crater that required a skin graft. That hole was about the size of a nickel. I am not having any more surgeries.
@@floydfarano3385 My thought exactly. They start cutting without knowing how far it's going to go, On your face. I believe IG-SRT starts with an ultrasound to determine just how extensive is the lesion, and how they need to proceed.
@@mzmiller52 I’m not going to tell you what to do, but after battling skin cancers for 47 years, beginning when I was 33, and now at 81, I have 4 scars on my face, the last one happened in September of ‘23. It was MOHS, and I’d had a MOHS surgery on my nose years ago, I have decided to not ever have surgery for any more skin cancers. If they won’t prescribe a chemo cream for the treatment, then I’ll go without. I have used chemo cream successfully on several spots, but I also had a very bad allergic reaction to it, which was 100% my own fault. I think you have to do what you are comfortable doing. Best of luck to you.
@@floydfarano3385 I used that Fluorouracil cream on a huge place on my arm, it was about the size of a golf ball, started out very small, no larger than a lower case m, and it did the job 100%, I have to really hunt for the tiny scar that was left. The dermatologist who prescribed that for me was concerned about the scar surgery would leave, then he went ahead and few years later and did two surgeries on my face very near each other with no concern about the scars. I think the second surgery on my face was actually a part of the first cancer, which more than likely would have been caught during a MOHS surgery. Boy I am not sure what I’d do if I were you. That cream can get pretty nasty looking with oozing and crusting and it may go on for two to three weeks, and the skin on your penis is probably much more delicate than the skin on an arm or face, I can’t remember if the treatment on my arm burned or itched, so I think if I were you I’d be letting Google become my best friend, and find out the experiences others have had. Best of luck to you.
My old employers IHS or “LD.” Big problem is in Utah and other dumb red states most docs and staff don’t believe in COVID-19 or variants. They refuse vaccines or masks and Mohs surgery leaves you with a deep crater that involves plastic surgery intervention. But that’s the Mormon Church! Money is always bottom line!
It's insane, isn't it? Ask the people whose family members died from Covid whether or not it is real. I don't know what is wrong with people in the 21st century.
Oh another unset liberal huh? Covid was planned by Obama and biden to get trump out of office so sleepy joe could "reset" our economy closer to the one world order. Fuck biden and fuck liberals
I had samples taken of two lumps they took samples said it was squamous cancer and too come back in month now they are bigger than at first and they said they were putting shots in , I have never had them treated like that
I can't do MOH's surgery any more. I have had 2 on my nose which is now disfigured and I need reconstruction so I can breathe properly. I had it done on top of my head that's left a scar from the front all the way to the back. The last time I had MOH's was on my inner arm and it was for basal cell. It took 6 weeks to heal and now I have a huge keloid scar. He couldn't close the area because the skin was too thin. Dr.'s are pushing MOH's because of course surgery brings in good $. But a prescription of Imiquimod takes care of my basal cell just fine and those spots have never come back. I've used it for squamous cell as well. I believe in the path of least resistance. Try something less agonizing first and if it doesn't work, then surgery is okay. And if you do have MOH's, go directly to a Plastic Surgeon so he can remove and reconstruct at the same time.
have you ever tried image guided - SRT, no cutting is involved
Man its eating my nose off ,, and I live in Kentucky the last place on earth you want to get cancer they are no Doctors here ,,,they send all the hillbillies to Markey Cancer center put them on chemo and radation ,, and some pills and send them home to hook up with Hospice ,,,,and then the funeral. ,,,,dress up , Preach a little sing a song ,,, haul there dead ass to the dirt nap yard ,,and then get dinner ,,,at John John Silvers ,,, and thats all folks !!!
I'm sorry that you've been through this
My daughter in law had a dermatologist in Spokane that was trained in plastic surgery as well, her surgeon was diligent in the way she removed the cancer on her nose, in the end, it looked like she had about 100 tiny, tiny sutures. Her surgery was done in March.
At the end of April they were moving back to Texas, she and grandson arrived first, coming to my house on May 3, I could not see
where she had surgery! Last September I had the fourth surgery on my face! I was not at all happy having to have MOHS surgery as
I really wanted to try chemo cream on it, but dr said since it was squamous cell and was deep I needed MOHS. Well he was untruthful, the MOHS surgeon didn’t go deeper, she went wider, and I had to schedule surgery for my second biopsy done at the same time as the last one, and this was on my finger, in the end she removed an area about the size of a upper case o. I’ve battled skin cancer for 47 years, and at 81, I am done with surgeries, they can recommend radiation or some sort of chemo cream, but I am truly done. I’ve lost count of the total of surgeries I’ve had, and in addition to those, I’ve had hundreds of pre cancerous spots frozen off, and those hurt pretty badly.
@@blambraxI’ve never heard of SRT, am going to check with Dr. Google right now.
It really depends..I had poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma on my vulvar in 2017... They said they couldn't determine if it was still vin3 or stage one at the time...Had it surgically removed and in July 2023 its in my groin lymph nodes...its a very complicated surgery and no one felt comfortable doing it until they found a surgon who thinks he can. I don't feel comfortable with it. I won't go on...I just wanted to share my experience. I feel doomed. It's February 2024 and in my opinion..it's probably already started growing some where else ..but not seen yet.. Nit trying to be negative. Just realistic. 😶
I had my first diagnosis in 2016 at that time they said melanoma in situ, I had surgery, they removed al my labia, vulvar and part of my urethra. 2017 it came back on the urethra, another surgery. 2023 again surgery, they took more urethra and a good portion around that, that came back as Squamish cell. Prior to this last one, I had a brochoscopy, then 3 weeks later had a thoracoromy they took 9 or so biopsies, the one in my lung was Squamish cell. Then 2 months later a grape size tumor 2as removed off the back of my left knee, 2024 had another "spot" biopsies and then removed from my left arm, at the outer elbow, Squamish cell. Wondering where else it's gonna show up!!!
Can I ask -did you have lichen sclerosis of the vulva first? Many women have LS (intense itching of the vulva is one symptom) and dont know it. If left untreated that can turn into vulgar cancer.
@@rosemarywise5952oh my goodness. I need to stop complaining! That’s a lot to deal with, and my heart truly goes out to you. When I’m dealing with skin cancer, which mine seems minor compared to what you are going through, I take a huge dose of
Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla. It soothes my 81 yo soul. Trusting that you have supportive family and friends. 💐🙏🏻
@@emb74Itching is one of the ways I have diagnosed my own skin cancers for the past 47 years starting with malignant Melanoma on my back. If I could have had someone scratch the daylights out of my back, not sure it would have even been enough, itching gone after surgery.
Any update? Are you ok?
Mine is in my brain.
I'm so sorry to hear that. May God bless you. Read or listen to Dr Joe' diapenza book THE PLACEBO available free on audio on youtube 🙏 🤲
what if I just don't do anything?
I have had 7, jawline, chest, shoulder, and 4 on my head. Mixture of basal and squamous, no melanoma yet thank god! Can they do a PET to see if this is more than superficial?
My father has poorly differenciated squamous cancer in his bladder
doctors decided to resect the bladder and relace it with a bag outside the body.
my question is this type of cancer is less life threatening,
i mean , if we resect the bladder is my father will live ?!
Praying he's ok now
squamous cancer is a broad family, and different levels of differenciations lead to wide heterogeneity among patients. nobody can guarantee anything in terms of prognosis unfortunately
I’m just curious how long can someone go without treating it? How much worse could it get by waiting 6 months?
I have been having it on my cheekbone for maybe 15 years. With every year it got worse and now there's hard growth in the center looking like a scar and the skin around is flaky. Before I used fresh lemon juice on it.
I had bcc on my nose I was offered radiotherapy my amazing doctor at Grimsby hospital cleared it no scar
I have squamous on my face and have just discovered Image Guided Radiotherapy. The claim is that it has a slightly higher success rate than Moh's. I will likely go this route.
I have been having it on my cheekbone for many years. About 12 years ago I told my FD, but she ignored it. In January 2023 I saw a nurse practitioner, but she told me it wasn't cancer and didn't refer me to a dermatologist. Only last May I saw a dermatologist who diagnosed me with BCC, his nurse performed biopsy, 2 weeks later told me it wasn't dangerous, but no treatment or surgery offered me. Yet I wanted to get some treatment and last August saw the same dermatologist again, but nothing was done that day, only offered me a surgery. To me it looked as if he was hesitant about it. So, I wanted to find an alternative treatment.
this video hardly answered the question of how dangerous these cancer are
At the very beginning, he does state they are not likely to be life threatening.
I believe on the face and back areas they are not really bad- it’s when they are in different areas of the body that they can be dangerous. In the mouth or other organs.
Like the above has said these 2 skin csncers anywhere on skin and face even lip isnt life threatening even if find it late. Most cancers if diagnose to late its not curable but these 2 rarely spread
@@Liamgane2scc definitely spreads. And so does bcc. It might take longer for bcc it all depends.
@@bowtech1020 litterally there is rare cases of scc on skin and bcc that spreads.
👍 Thanks for the Info! 👍🇺🇸
Supposed to go for squamous cell cancer removal on my penis. Terrified. Should i try topical first? Dr. Say surgery best case success.
I have basal cell carcinoma on my upper lip. They wanted to go right to Mohs surgery (99% cure rate). I did not want to screw up my face. The thing I did not like is that the surgeon does not know how much tissue he must remove when he begins to cut. It could be a small amount of tissue or a large amount of tissue depending on what he sees under the microscope. I did some homework and found out that there is an alternative called superficial radio therapy (SRT) (95% effective for basal and squamous cell cancers of the skin). Also, 5 fluorouracil cream is about 75% effective is you do the whole course of therapy, but you want a better cure rate than that. I am not a dermatologist so seek professional help. Just wanted to let you know that there may be other options for you.
@@floydfarano3385In another post I mentioned that my daughter in law had surgery for a spot on her nose while she lived in Spokane, her surgery was done in March, they were moving back to Texas and arrived at my house on May 3. I could not see where my dnl had surgery, her dermatologist was trained in plastic surgery, she probably had at least 100 tiny tiny sutures. I had MOHS surgery in September of 2023, scar is front and center, no missing it. It was the 4th surgery on my face, including two on my cheek,
I am sure the second cheek surgery was from the same cells of the first surgery as they aren’t even a half inch apart, the other was MOHS surgery on my nose leaving a crater that required a skin graft. That hole was about the size of a nickel. I am not having any more surgeries.
@@floydfarano3385 My thought exactly. They start cutting without knowing how far it's going to go, On your face. I believe IG-SRT starts with an ultrasound to determine just how extensive is the lesion, and how they need to proceed.
@@mzmiller52 I’m not going to tell you what to do, but after battling skin cancers for 47 years, beginning when I was 33, and now at 81, I have 4 scars on my face, the last one happened in September of ‘23. It was MOHS, and I’d had a MOHS surgery on my nose years ago,
I have decided to not ever have surgery for any more skin cancers. If they won’t prescribe a chemo cream for the treatment, then I’ll go without. I have used chemo cream successfully on several spots, but I also had a very bad allergic reaction to it, which was 100% my own fault. I think you have to do what you are comfortable doing. Best of luck to you.
@@floydfarano3385 I used that Fluorouracil cream on a huge place on my arm, it was about the size of a golf ball, started out very small, no larger than a lower case m, and it did the job 100%, I have to really hunt for the tiny scar that was left. The dermatologist who prescribed
that for me was concerned about the scar surgery would leave, then he went ahead and few years later and did two surgeries on my face
very near each other with no concern about the scars. I think the second surgery on my face was actually a part of the first cancer, which
more than likely would have been caught during a MOHS surgery.
Boy I am not sure what I’d do if I were you. That cream can get pretty nasty looking with oozing and crusting and it may go on for two to three weeks, and the skin on your penis is probably much more delicate than the skin on an arm or face, I can’t remember if the treatment
on my arm burned or itched, so I think if I were you I’d be letting Google become my best friend, and find out the experiences others have
had. Best of luck to you.
My old employers IHS or “LD.” Big problem is in Utah and other dumb red states most docs and staff don’t believe in COVID-19 or variants. They refuse vaccines or masks and Mohs surgery leaves you with a deep crater that involves plastic surgery intervention. But that’s the Mormon Church! Money is always bottom line!
It's insane, isn't it? Ask the people whose family members died from Covid whether or not it is real. I don't know what is wrong with people in the 21st century.
Typical democrat. Blame red states, for not agreeing with everything you do. 😂
Bwa ha ha ha ha
Oh another unset liberal huh? Covid was planned by Obama and biden to get trump out of office so sleepy joe could "reset" our economy closer to the one world order. Fuck biden and fuck liberals
You should stay your butt in California. Wear your mask get your vaccines. I have two words for you lamb chop. BAH BAH.
I had samples taken of two lumps they took samples said it was squamous cancer and too come back in month now they are bigger than at first and they said they were putting shots in , I have never had them treated like that