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trudie
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 Posted - 06/13/2010 : 10:10:14
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| I am curious as to what really happens if one does nothing to a nodular BCC? Could there be spontaneous remission? Has anyone left it for several years? All responses welcome. |
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mimi54
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Posted - 07/11/2010 : 14:45:24
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| Hi Trudie....as you know by reading my blurb about basal cell cancer, I let mine go for 3 years before discovering Agrimony, and each time the wound healed up, I hoped it would never open up again and that it was the end of it. In my case, it was eating away at layers of skin beneath the pearl bump which I didn't notice until I scratched it open the last time and had a good sized hole there. I am curious as to why whoever biopsied yours didn't remove it? How long did you have it before you went to see a doctor? Had it ever opened up and bled or oozed? Mimi |
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trudie
61 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2010 : 13:47:24
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| Mimi, I have been out of town and just saw this posting from you. I had the second one biopsied this past May. The biopsy was positive for bcc. Then the derm tells you to get Moh's. I just had my first one removed by Moh's this past December and I wasn't too thrilled at the procedure. I had stitches from my nose down to my lip and throught my mouth. The scar is still angry looking 7 months later. That is why I am not hurrying to have another surgery done. I convinced my derm to give me a prescription for aldara, but I have not filled it as yet. I am trying the agrimony first. |
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lafoust
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Posted - 08/12/2010 : 23:43:34
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Hello! I just came across this site and began reading. I have had basal cell removed from my face and now I believe I have another small spot. It looks like the last one but not as big. My BC is not a sore. It is a small pearly white bump. Is anyone else's like this and do you think any of the creams that have been mentioned would work on this type. I would think the creams would work on the open sore types more? I do have an appt scheduled but they couldn't get me in for another month. Worried, I turned to the internet for help.
Thank you for any comments! |
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paul
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 20:45:47
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Try topical application of vitamin C. Get 1000 mg tablet, crush it, make a watery paste and apply it directly to the lesion. Leave it there and keep it wet. You should see resulting regression within 1-2 days. It may exude blood but only in the BCC spot which will be thus visibly identified. Healthy tissue will be unaffected since vitamin C attacks only cancerous cells. Healthy tissue will be untouched. Keep doing it for a week and then evaluate the progress. Suggested length of vit-C application is 2-3 weeks. When you stop the C-vitamin application, a scab will form and heal normally until the scab falls off. Skin beneath should then look pink and healthy. Consult it with your dermatologist.
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paul
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 20:57:01
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Originally posted by trudie
I am curious as to what really happens if one does nothing to a nodular BCC? Could there be spontaneous remission? Has anyone left it for several years? All responses welcome.
DO SOMETHING !!! If you do nothing, the BCC will keep growing relentlessly, invade surrounding tissue, and may metastasize. You could even die !!! |
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marsha
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Posted - 09/03/2010 : 10:12:47
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| This is in response to trudie but a general question to all. If moes took that much out, (nose to mouth and inside the mouth) Then wouldn't that be where the canser was? And if that was where the canser was, then you would expect, what ever method one was using, to go as deep as the moes. It might not damage the healthy tissue as much, but it would be open for however long, with gaping wholes. I think that's what I'm afraid of. What do you do if it hits a main artery? What happens if it goes right down into your sinuses? |
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thanks01
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Posted - 09/04/2010 : 19:39:15
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Marsha, on your "general question to all" --
I think you are right in two senses. First, the cancer "is where it is." The Mohs technique uses the cancer-searching dye in the microscopic slide to determine when the excision has "found the borders." Then the surgeon takes out tissue just beyond those borders. So, if the cancer is deep, the procedure has to go deep.
Second, in this sense, the "topical" cures may not always reach "where the cancer is" if it has already penetrated deeply. And also, as you mention, having a deep, gaping hole open lends to other bad possibilities, like infection. When you are working with a Mohs surgeon you are probably getting the proper surgical repairs for the opened area.
So, as Dan has said elsewhere, as interested as we may be in topical cures, there are times when the surgical solution, especially Mohs, which actually locates the borders, is advisable. It seems this depends on the size and DEPTH and TYPE of cancer.
Therefore, we should not "scorn" the help of dermatologists and their adjuncts, the surgeons and plastic surgeons. But of course there are other instances where the cancer spot may be just beginning and we can try like crazy to cure it without going to the surgeon!
Thanks for trying to clarify these points so that we all talk logically to each other! |
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trudie
61 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2010 : 17:53:06
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Hi everyone,
Just to let you know: I am doing something. I tried vitamin C and then cymilium without success on the first BCC, then had the Mohs surgery. I tried agrimony on the second without success and am now trying Aldara by RX. Have completed two out of the twelve weeks so far; if no luck, I will have the Mohs again. Thanks for all your support. |
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Rose Petal
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Posted - 09/07/2010 : 22:11:59
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I am beginning to believe that PERRINS BLEND is most effective on SCC skin cancer. A couple of months ago I phoned Judy Perrin and ordered another jar of PERRINS BLEND. I informed her that I wanted to keep a fresh jar at all times 'just in case.' She is really sweet.
My SCC skin cancer that was already located IN THE DERMIS (according to a biopsy) has been gone for over a year now. I am still ELATED that God led me to a remedy and I was spared of the grueling surgery and graft that I was informed was necessary due to the depth of my cancer.
I have been quite blessed to be able to put this entire medical SAGA behind me. I understand the horrors of given news you have skin cancer. HORRIBLE! |
Edited by - Rose Petal on 09/13/2010 15:19:33 |
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