skin cancer???

i have an appointment with the dermatologist today, and i'm really dreading it. i have a couple of places on my cheek that need to be biopsied.

actually, i have HAD a couple of places on my cheek that should have been checked months ago, but i neglected to make an appointment.

then i came across this:

(joseph p. gaines)

this is a photo of my granddad years ago after he'd had skin cancer removed. when i found this photo, i happened to think that my mom had said something several years ago about having a place on her face on which she needed to have her doctor check.
genetics!!!

hence, i called her and asked if she had ever done so. yes, she had; and, yes, it was skin cancer. i told her i had a couple of small scabbed places, which had not healedbut had remained on my face for months. she told me that hers were more like flat moles... for a moment, i thought, whew, maybe mine are not cancerous at all!!!

then, she said, "but, daddy's were scabbed like yours. i remember him saying that he pulled the scabs off but that they kept returning."

my granddad ended up with a scar nearly the size of the bandage in the above photo. i asked mom why his scar was so large. she told me that his doctor ended up having to do a skin graft because the cancer had spread...

whimper!!!

will you all say a prayer that i don't have skin cancer... but that if i do, that it is contained to just the two little spots, please???

i will let you know what the doctor says:/

love and God's blessings,
dani xx