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Doctor Kept Giving Me Cream - London, United Kingdom

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Hi my name is mandie 2 yrs ago I woke with a...

Mandie72August 23, 2014
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Hi my name is mandie 2 yrs ago I woke with a little scratch on tip of nose. It would never heal I kept going to the doctors and he kept giving me cream in May this yr I changed doctors who refered me straight away to my local hospital who done a biopsy it came bk as skin cancer. The scratch on my tip had grown into a hole 11mmx9mm so the whole tip of my nose. I was booked to have forehead nasal flap I looked scary and I was worried sick. I had the op 3 days ago I came on this forum b4 to see what to expect it helped but did not prepare me for what lay ahead. It s very painful and the 2 open wounds on bridge of nose ooze blood for 1st few days but the worse thing is laying completely flat as advised by doctor. To be honest nothing can prepare you for the 1st few days after. I am now worried as mine is quite oozy and don't really know best way to clean it doctor said just to gently shower area. Thought after 3 days I would start seeing improvement..

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St Thomas' Hospital

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Sharon at RealSelf
August 24, 2014
Oh my! Thank goodness you changed GPs and they were able to catch this! Thank you for sharing your story so far. Please let us know how your healing goes. We have a great Mohs community here who are really supportive in helping each other through the whole process.
Mandie72
August 24, 2014
Thank you this site helped me prepare but nothing can really prepare you. I'm on day 4 of recovery still quite sore and I don't know how at this stage it should look. The open wound on bridge of nose is still quite moist. I am cleaning daily by running water from shower over nose but not forehead as advised. Still a purple colour but each day colour changing. I am completely resting as head/nose aches when standing for to long and find laying flat on back helps. Hope these comments will help someone who like me was totally petrified .... Oh and I'm 42 yrs old not 2 ... Mandie
KAPM
November 6, 2014
Hi there, I'm impressed with the reconstruction so far, looks like a great job has been done. If you go back to a GP three times with the same unresolved complaint I am pretty sure they have to refer you. The fact that your GP didn't act cautiously and further explore the non healing area is really bad. It's a big red flag for skin cancer. Hope you are continuing to heal well. How are you doing now?
Lily sunflower
January 29, 2015
I've seen some great work done with situations like yours. There was a blog about a 25 year old with exactly the same issues and when she was done healing she looked great. She had 4 operation one year apart. Sometimes they require another surgey to get things looking right but the results can be fantastic. Good luck. Remember that a year from now it will look better. It's always hard to wait.
cornwell53
February 4, 2015
I had the same surgery December 8 of last year. Ooziness is just part of the openness of that flap. It will continue to ooze and scab a little until removed. It was removed after 4 1/2 weeks. Every day beings some improvement in my appearance, although My plastic surgeon said I'll continue to have "procedures" for the next year.
kjamm
February 27, 2015
I had bc that came back after having it excised. Over 5 yes plastic surgeon told me it was scar tissue. 1x1" excision that required 5 passes of mohs. Rotational flap in Sept 14, I will do laser resurfacing soon. With the exception of loss of muscle tissue obicularis oris, pleased with the mohs sugeon
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