Hi everyone
I haven't been here for quite a while (a year!)
In December of last year I had surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma from my forehead. I found out in February this year that the margins were not clear and I would have to have further surgery. At that point I went to my GP and asked to be referred to a big teaching hospital. This delayed everything by several months but was the best decision.
On October 26th I had further surgery to remove the rest of the cancer. This was successful and they were able to tell me on the day that all the tumour was gone. One week later I was given a BioDesign graft by the maxillofacial team. This is quite a new procedure but I have been healing well.
Two months on and I am still attending hospital to have the dressing changed every week. Now I have an infection in the wound and have to start antibiotics. I am struggling a lot at the moment. This feels like forever. I want my life back.
Doctors say that if you are going to get cancer this is the best one as it is rarely fatal and very slow growing. However this has certainly not been an easy experience. I have a wonderful team of doctors and a nurse specialist who are taking care of me but they cannot tell me how long this is going to take to heal. It will take as long as it takes. I could really use some encouragement.
