BCC Removal *thread contains graphic images*

Perhaps the way they do it in Australia is the answer?

I have a friend who did have a problem.
I have been blase already.
I dont know what to do for the best.

In "olden" days, in all 3 cases, you could have gone to the gp about something, and they spotted something.
Only 1 of the 3 people I know sees a doctor face to face sometimes, nowadays.

That’s a new one to me LafyGracie hope it clears up.

fancythat take photos. That didn’t help me much but you have some evidence of what is happening. At first there isn’t much to see but they do change and it gives a time line.

Thank you PamelaJ1. Good idea.

Because of this thread, I have looked up what a private appointment would cost in our area.
For a full body check up of moles and skin, £165.

If needed simple removal, around or up to about £800? for up to 3 removals? Something like that.
But I would assume and hope that NHS would act with some speed if removal needed?
I dont know. I am hearing of increasing problems with health care in our area.

I hope it clears up too LadyGracie
I wouldnt want your post lost on here, as you were the one who restarted the thread recently.

Hope everyone else on here is doing ok.

Nana3

Been waiting for months now to have diagnostic treatment on my nose. Saw a nurse who said she could see cancer cells, months later saw a consultant. Then had an automated phone call asking me mostly if my life was affected by the sores on my nose and if I still wanted to be on the list. It makes me feel like no-one cares. Sorry, just venting really.
Best wishes to op.

Can I ask how the nurse was able to see the cancer cells? Is it something anyone concerned about skin lesions can have done?

2006 I had the tiny white seed pearl on my forehead removed and last year developed scaly skin on my nose. Deep down I knew it was a bcc starting but that head in sand syndrome stopped me looking too closely

Then I looked in a magnifying mirror, yes in no doubt, it is one, the smooth one this time. Not noticed by others but I know and my head is now out of the sand. I will be making that phone call tomorrow. This is what my savings are for and I have found a top surgeon.

Daddima
They use a camera. It looks like an iPhone, it may be an iPhone but has an attachment.
I think the one they used in my GP’s must have been an inferior model. The image was sent on line to a central imaging centre. The nurse couldn’t make a diagnosis.
The one in the hospital was obviously superior. The nurse showed me the image and even I could see that there was an ‘odd’ area.

I have made the appointment, august 7th for a private consultation. It seems that response times vary greatly via GP and nhs, depends where you live. My gp practice reviews are very poor and I am sure bcc would be pushed to the back of the queue. Hence me using savings. The strikes are not helping confidence and now a gp strike is also on the horizon