Let's assume I have cancer...?!
Question: the Melnoma (not sure how to spell that) kind.
I have a mark on my body.
I mean, it's not too big.( I think) a little smaller than half a pencil eraser, it's not so round like anyother freckle on my body that looks pretty normal and it's not dark brown at all. more like light-med brown. I have normal freckles on my body that are much darker than that spot.
I havr had this for a while, I've burned in the sun a couple times before. badly. I never went to a doctor to check because it's not dark like they say it should be and not as big at all as they say so I dunno, not to mention that I don't want to hear the doc say "Well, you have cancer". yeah...not the greatest thing to hear.
so let's say i've had this mark for a few years now (that i've noticed) and im living perfect now, so how would I tell I have cancer. I mean other than that mark will anything happen to me with time? meaning, I could keep living normal cause I don't feel anything is wrong, so how other wise would I notice?
Answers: the Melnoma (not sure how to spell that) kind.
I have a mark on my body.
I mean, it's not too big.( I think) a little smaller than half a pencil eraser, it's not so round like anyother freckle on my body that looks pretty normal and it's not dark brown at all. more like light-med brown. I have normal freckles on my body that are much darker than that spot.
I havr had this for a while, I've burned in the sun a couple times before. badly. I never went to a doctor to check because it's not dark like they say it should be and not as big at all as they say so I dunno, not to mention that I don't want to hear the doc say "Well, you have cancer". yeah...not the greatest thing to hear.
so let's say i've had this mark for a few years now (that i've noticed) and im living perfect now, so how would I tell I have cancer. I mean other than that mark will anything happen to me with time? meaning, I could keep living normal cause I don't feel anything is wrong, so how other wise would I notice?
The problem with cancer is that it can sneak up on you. You feel just fine except for maybe a few minor symptoms, until it has spread and really hits you.
The odds are good that you do NOT have cancer, but it is just silly to keep worrying about the spot instead of doing something to find out one way or the other. So ask a doctor.
If you don't have cancer you can relax and stop worrying.
If you do have cancer you can treat it and hopefully live a long and happy life.
If you are going to hear "Well, you have cancer" you sure want the next sentence to be "But we've caught it in time and you are going to be fine".
I would rather go to the doctor, get a diagnosis and make plans for treatment (if I had cancer) than not have treatment, always wonder and worry, and eventually die before my time. Or even worse, not go, and find out that all the time I worried was for nothing and it was some sort of raised mole on my body.
GO TO THE DOCTOR!