Re: What to do....Stupid Questjion?

[Guest guest]

Have you explored 'Keloids'? Growths developing after surgery often directly on

the scar itself. ?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-keloid-scars.htm

[Guest guest]

yes, it could be scar tissue or a keloid. thanks for pointing it out. I am

just so torn at this point at what to do because I am not sure if I am having a

re-occourance or not and I don't want to do biopsy. THere is no way to do a

blood test for this type of cancer. I did Navarro test 4 weeks ago and my

number have stayed the same since last test. After surgery I was 54 and 4

months later I dropped to 53. Now I am at 6 months and 53 again. I feel fine.

They are worried I also may have rib involvement and want to do a CT, Bone Scan

and a biopsy! It's that whole thing about do you want to know what your dealing

with or just plod on and keep an eye on it but it could be spreading in my lungs

as this is where it normally goes. I could try to push for a MRI but being

nationalised medicine they are less inclined to do expensive tests. If I knew

it was getting worse then I would change tack. If it's not then continue on.

It's a hard one. How do I figure out what's going on without exposing myself to

radiation from CT scans and spread from biopsys.

Black salve was mentioned to me and I have some and I guess I could just put

some on there and see what happens. I am a little nervous about doing that and

then seeing my oncol and surgeon this week. they will freak out if i have some

crazy thing coming out of my scar! Plus I am a little worried that if I have

something under my rib then there might be problems. Arg! I know many of you

have probably had this type of impasse before. Sorry for going on a bit.

natalie

" JoeCastron " <jcastron1@...> wrote:

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> Have you explored 'Keloids'? Growths developing after surgery often directly

on the scar itself. ?

[Guest guest]

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Where do you live?

Again, take a look at thermography. It may be able to answer many of your

questions.

ar

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directly on the scar itself. ?

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[Guest guest]

thanks ar, it is a very good thing to look into! i did talk to my biopsy lady

about it and she was very nice. she said that bumps in scar are really hard to

read by thermography because scars are hotter than normal skin by nature so hard

to get much info from a thermography. Maybe I should ask a second opinion from

a place that preforms them. I will look into more.

thanks,

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directly on the scar itself. ?

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