The official "I've got to have moles removed and hope it's not cancer" thread.

[Kugzilla]

So, I've got two moles that the doc thinks should come off, and she presents it like not a big deal, but they'll be sending them off "To the lab" so of course until then, I'll be a big hypochondrial-puss bag.

But in an effort to stave that off, I figured I'd toss this up and see if other baggers have similar experience.

So, anyone?

[distortion9]

Yes, me.

I had this..."thing" on the front of my thigh for a LONG time. Bout the size of a pencil eraser but half as tall....it was nasty and I was convinced that they were going to have to amputate my leg. I started to imagine "pains" in my leg. I kept putting off going to the doctor but, finally manned up and went. Doc took one look at it and was like, "Meh...that's nothing." Sliced it off in 2 seconds and sent me on my way.

I walked out of there so happy that I was keeping my leg....what a tool.

and

Good Luck bro

[THE FEZ MAN]

ha!

so im sitting on my couch in my boxers one night watching "the tom green show" on mtv.... ok im old.... so its the episode about his ball cancer, so being me i start really kneading my nut sack ... hmmm one, two, some squiggly things, and ummmm yea a third ball.... so to make a long story short the three weeks before i could get into see a dick doctor were quite long. it turned out to be a eppididimal cyst that was no big deal till i started to sit on it now and then, i did have to get it cut out but it worked out in the end, i got a cool scar on my yam bag and a vasectomy at the same time

[Jef Leppard]

yea i had this fuckin thing, i couldnt stand the sight of it and it gave me headaches. so in april 2006 i bought a house and moved out on the bitch.

[Kugzilla]

Ehl-o-ehl.

i'd ask about the biopsy, but perhaps enough shenanigans...

all replies welcome though. I'm a rabid hypochondriac...just sayin.

[poppAwoody]

I'd can't understand how people go into the business of dissecting this shit, who says to themselves one day, I wanna dissect shit people get removed from their bodies?

[Kugzilla]

Well, don't know what to tell you on that...but I hope they find a big fat nuthin wrong

[LAX]

So, I've got two moles that the doc thinks should come off, and she presents it like not a big deal, but they'll be sending them off "To the lab" so of course until then, I'll be a big hypochondrial-puss bag.

But in an effort to stave that off, I figured I'd toss this up and see if other baggers have similar experience.

So, anyone?

My dad and a friend I know about same age (mid 20's) had same thing done...Nothing to really worry about they always send it to a lab for testing just incase to cover there own ass....I wouldn't worry

[wes mantooth]

I've had several removed and sent off for testing. No big deal. You'll be fine.

[Kugzilla]

Is there more than one process for removal? The way the doc described it to me was essentially "shaving" it off.

Which sounded somewhat barbarous to me...but I am in Hawaii.

[alclark]

Is there more than one process for removal? The way the doc described it to me was essentially "shaving" it off.

Which sounded somewhat barbarous to me...but I am in Hawaii.

Before they cut them off with the scapel, they give you a local anesthetic. Then the doc will cauterize or burn the skin to seal up the wound. As long as you aren't afraid of needles, then you should be fine. It's painless and really quick, less than a half hour total (depending on the number you need removed).

[wes mantooth]

Is there more than one process for removal? The way the doc described it to me was essentially "shaving" it off.

Which sounded somewhat barbarous to me...but I am in Hawaii.



I'm surprised they would do a shaving if they're sending it off for testing. Mine were excised with a scalpel so they could to the goodness underneath. Either way they'll be no pain if that's what you're worried about.

[Kugzilla]

I'm not real worried about the pain-jsut that she's being thorough and taking out whatever evil goo might be in there, and not just slicing off the top.

[Chino Kapone]

I have had a couple removed in teh past. I want to have 4 or so removed from my back. They just look scary....

[Maynard K]

Novocaine, slice, sealer. My doc doesn't cauterize anymore, just some glue sealer shit.

[gleet]

I had a spider bite on the back of my calf and ten years later it had grown and hurt when I banged it. Doc argued it wasn't a spider bite but finally agreed to cut it off. That bitch had brown roots, two of them, going in an inch and then headed down towards my foot. Doc sent it off and it came back nothing.

[Kugzilla]

Called the doc to clarify-after the test the sliced part, if it's a problem, they send me to someone else to big out all the goodness.

So, hopefully while that all happens, I don't develop cancer or something, but they seem relatively mundane about it.

[Ted the Poster]

We needed an "Official" thread for this? Is there a bootleg thread out there about precancerous moles? :rolleyes:

[Kugzilla]

We needed an "Official" thread for this? Is there a bootleg thread out there about precancerous moles? :rolleyes:

Well, one can never be to sure. Don't want people to think this is some kind of MONGREL thread.

[Ted the Poster]

Well, one can never be to sure. Don't want people to think this is some kind of MONGREL thread.

Of course not. BOTH threads would be destroyed!

LBDB!

[Kugzilla]

And that would be regretable

[MattyIceGfunk]

Wow I put my dermatologists kids through college with all the skin they took off me. Every one of them turn up fine with the exception of a couple they went back and took more out. You'll be fine.

[Wilmington WOW]

Well a few years ago my chick noticed an odd shaped red and brown mole on my back

Melanoma
my heart stopped when the Dr nonchalantly told me
Luckily they caught it early
They took wider margins in a 2nd procedure in the hospital
Everything is fine for me 8 years later
Didn’t have to get chemo or radiation
But I go for a toes to scalp physical inspection by my Doctor every 6 months. <Luv when he look at my junk>
It a nervous couple days leading up to that appointment

The moral of the story is if you see something odd get it checked out
Even melanoma is highly curable if caught early
It is deadly if it gets into your lymph nodes
Carcinoma, the other type of skin cancer, is not as serious, and takes a long time to kill you.

I grew up on the beach getting my anglo skin burned
those days are over
when ever I go out side and the sun is shining I wear sun screen and always keep a shirt and hat on

[notmikeh]

denial has always worked for me. give it a try.

[Wilmington WOW]

denial has always worked for me. give it a try.

we are not talking about you not accepting your homosexuality here :action-sm

[oandapartycock]

I'd can't understand how people go into the business of dissecting this shit, who says to themselves one day, I wanna dissect shit people get removed from their bodies?

My kid is graduating this year and she wants to get into bio research. Apparently this kind of work is how you "pay your dues" to get into the fancy higher-paying research gigs.

Well a few years ago my chick noticed an odd shaped red and brown mole on my back

Your chick saved your life. Hope you at least gave her a CSK "tank youuu."

Also, this thread would seem more useful with pics...:icon_mrgr

[CrazyMrPoopSex]

ha!

so im sitting on my couch in my boxers one night watching "the tom green show" on mtv.... ok im old.... so its the episode about his ball cancer, so being me i start really kneading my nut sack ... hmmm one, two, some squiggly things, and ummmm yea a third ball.... so to make a long story short the three weeks before i could get into see a dick doctor were quite long. it turned out to be a eppididimal cyst that was no big deal till i started to sit on it now and then, i did have to get it cut out but it worked out in the end, i got a cool scar on my yam bag and a vasectomy at the same time

The left side of my bag feels like a mess of tubes, and the right side feels empty other than the ball. Is that normal?

[Kugzilla]

Verdict in-and at least for the moment, I apprear to be melanoma free.

Boo ya.

[Hudson]

Digging/scooping it out..not fun..