Stone Soup

My family doctor sent me to a dermatologist last summer to have a wart removed. By the time I got in to see the dermatologist (April would you believe?) the wart was gone but I kept the appointment anyway because a mole on my chest that I had for years, had begun to itch and the shape of it was a little irregular.

The doctor told me it didn't look like a problem but he sent me to another doctor for a biopsy. It turns out to be a basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer--it is caused by sun exposure. I have never really lain in the sun to get a tan; the only exposure I get is working outdoors on weekends.

It is not a dangerous cancer, and it is simple to treat. I am going to have the mole removed on Friday. They remove quite a bit of tissue with it just to be safe and I, being not enormously endowed, hate to give up any tissue! But I must!

I am showing you a photo of my mole just so you know what an irregular mole looks like. If you have one, get it checked.