Holiday shock! [shock]

Sorry to hear that GrannyAbut what serendipity that he was there at this time and prepared to give you a warning.
Yes, it will have spoiled your holiday really but may well have saved this health problem from getting worse.
No doubt you will be straight to your GP in a week’s time.

Even if you don’t sunbathe ( I don’t either) your nose can easily catch the sun, especially if you are fair skinned.

Goodness, not quite what you'd expect on your holiday but at least hopefully it's been caught early.

Fwiw, my sister had melanoma nearly 30 years ago. She never sunbathes, it was just one of those unfortunate things. Thankfully she made a full recovery from it.

Good luck for when you're home again.

granny well what a shock as you say but I like you would be grateful for the advice. There is nothing you can do till you get home (apart from possibly phoning your GP surgery now and explain the situation and see if they can start the ball rolling for when you get home) so I hope you can enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Oh dear, ga, not what you wanted to hear. I know you’ll get yourself checked out as soon as you can, (can you make the appointment now so you have it as soon as you get back?). Easy for me to say I know but I hope the holiday distractions will help just a bit. Sending a hug.

If your doc. thinks it’s bcc, then you should get a very rapid appointment with a dermatologist. The up side is that bcc is the least aggressive skin cancer to have, as you’re well aware, I’m sure.
I’ve recently had a patch on my cheekbone, and instead of going in with the knife, the consultant decided to give me chemo. cream to use at home, which has, I think, done the business!
Good luck!

It was my optician who spotted my first BCC. It was on the side of my nose where my glasses rest and I just thought the glasses were rubbing. He had a good look at it and told me to see my GP "sooner rather than later" which put the fear of God into me.

It turned out to be a BCC. My doctor said if you're going to get cancer this is the best cancer to get because it's treatable, it doesn't metastasise to other organs of the body and it won't kill you!

I've had several more since but they have all been removed and the scars are very hard to see. I've never been a sunlover either but I am fair-skinned and spend quite a lot of time outdoors gardening and dog walking.

So don't worry about it and enjoy the rest of your holiday.

I do hope you can enjoy the rest of your holiday and count yourself as lucky that this kind gentleman was there to point you in the right direction for when you get home. What a stroke of luck!

Please don't let it spoil what sounds like a very lovely holiday. As others have said: if you are going to have a cancer, then this is the one to have!

grannyactivist, worrying, but just wanted to let you know OH who is outdoors a lot has had three BCC patches removed from his forehead and nose in the last fifteen years. He isn't a sun bather either.

Hope you can enjoy the rest of your holiday. You'd have gone home and ignored the redness probably so hope you can find a silver lining in this cloud. Enjoy the warmth of your Greek island. We have the central heating on in Blighty.

Just phoned my GP and got the first appointment for the day after we get home. Oddly enough BCC's run in my in-laws family, but not in mine. My father-in-law and his dad have had several of them and been successfully treated. If my dermatologist friend is correct and my red nose does turn out to be a BCC I suspect it will need surgery, but my lovely man just told me he'll love me even if I have no nose, so that's alright then!

What a nasty shock but how lucky he pointed it out. It has made you act quickly and that will minimise the area that has to be excised (if that’s the route your dermatologist takes).
I hadn’t realised how fond I was of my nose till I thought I may lose half of it! You can hardly see my scar so I hope all will go as well for you.

Oh heavens! Sending every good wish to you, lovely lady. Xxxx

Just sending lots of love GA.

Perhaps a very fortunate encounter, grannyactivist, I think they’re best removed sooner rather than later. If it is due to sun damage it will most likely have been from when you were a child and if you’re like me that’s before sun cream, as we know it now, was invented. That’s what they told me caused my bcc, which by the way was removed easily as a day case and the small neat wee scar has found a laughter line to hide in. x

Sorry to hear that you have this - but lucky that someone has spotted something wrong and in most cases they can be completely removed - often as an outpatient surgery.

I walked around with a BCC for 4+ years - I had a life changing accident and disability and the little "sebaceous cyst" (as I thought) didn't really register until I casually mentioned it to my doctor at the end of an appointment for something else. He referred me at once and 2 weeks later I got my appointment on a Friday and outpatient surgery was the following Tuesday. It was a lucky escape as by this time it was 2 millimeters from the corner of my eye. However 2 years on the 3cm scar is barely visible.

I do feel your frustration as I have never sunbathed and was always the person sitting in the shade with factor 50 suncream. However as a child I guess we spent hours outside with no sunprotection or shade at school.

After a rather fitfull night I woke up this morning and the first thing I did was examine my nose. And yes, my shiny red tip is still there. I'm now feeling completely daft that I half expected it to be gone this morning. Duh!
(The shiny red tip that is, not my nose. )

Oh grannyactivist I’m sorry your lovely holiday has been marred by this, but better than ignored. I hope it turns out to be nothing to worry about. A referral about this kind of stuff is done really quickly. Do please do let us know. A couple of extra ozo’s might be in order for the next week.

GA, sending my very best wishes. My mother, a former nurse, had a basal cell carcinoma and refused treatment for over twenty five years. Her GP could not get her to see a dermatologist. She insisted it was "Just a cyst" It wasn't until she developed dementia, that we were able to take charge of her treatment.
I'm so glad you met that gentleman on holiday and have been able to get a GP's appointment.
It was indeed serendipity. Try and enjoy what's left of your holiday. (Easier said than done).

OH has had lots of these treated - all well.

What do you have planned for your holiday today? - you can make us all jealous!x

I have just come from the Spa where I had a wonderfully relaxing facial from a twenty two year old who told me that she never wants to be as old as me! (I've just turned sixty five. )
Though she did say she thinks I don't look 'that old'.

I think that’s what we call a “back-handed compliment” Grannyactivist ??

My sister went for usual eye check up and was told to get the mark checked where her glasses rested( she hadn't noticed it before ) yes he was right sorted alll good ! X

It's unlikely she'll enjoy the alternative, ga.
That young woman needs to brush up on her customer relations skills.

Hi.. such a nice thoughtful man to alert you, but do not let it spoil your holiday. Basal cell Carcinoma does not spread around the body, like a melanoma would.
....I had one near my nose had it removed in 1999 and been fine ever since!