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Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time) when she stopped and gasped really loud. She then blurts out, you have skin cancer. I stood up really fast in shock. She told me i have a black spot on my head. At first i thought maybe a bruise, a mole, or a freckle. Well I just looked at it now, and it doesn't look like any of them. It is located o my upper left hand side of my face, just in the hair line, near my temple(temporal something another). Bad thing is, my great grandmother had skin cancer, and died from it, and it started in her hair first. Now my question is, how credible is it that this is indeed some sort of Cancerous growth? Next question(stupid one to ask) Should I honestly waste money to go see a Dr. about this?

Im worried, because starting a few weeks I have had a reoccurring dream that i died from cancer. :(

Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time) when she stopped and gasped really loud. She then blurts out, you have skin cancer. I stood up really fast in shock. She told me i have a black spot on my head. At first i thought maybe a bruise, a mole, or a freckle. Well I just looked at it now, and it doesn't look like any of them. It is located o my upper left hand side of my face, just in the hair line, near my temple(temporal something another). Bad thing is, my great grandmother had skin cancer, and died from it, and it started in her hair first. Now my question is, how credible is it that this is indeed some sort of Cancerous growth? Next question(stupid one to ask) Should I honestly waste money to go see a Dr. about this?

Im worried, because starting a few weeks I have had a reoccurring dream that i died from cancer. :(
k...so you think you might have cancer, and you aren't sure if you should see a doctor. Read that out loud a few times. If it sounds...well....stupid (and it should), then the answer is yes, go see a doctor.

skin cancer will generally look like a mole, but asymetrical. Either way, if you have health concerns, ask a doc.

Go to the doctor.

k...so you think you might have cancer, and you aren't sure if you should see a doctor. Read that out loud a few times. If it sounds...well....stupid (and it should), then the answer is yes, go see a doctor.

skin cancer will generally look like a mole, but asymetrical. Either way, if you have health concerns, ask a doc.

I just don't want to waste any money on going to the doc for something stupid. Thats why i come to NS first :p

Go to the doctor.

Here's my second opinion: Go to the doctor.

Ok...Ill goto the doctor. I was just wanting to see if maybe an NS doc or med student or something, was familiar with any similiar cases

Why would you have to pay to visit a Dr? are you serious? You think you have Cancer and you have to PAY? What hell hole of a country do you live in?

Here's my second opinion: Go to the doctor.
Thank you. :D

It's really not smart to put it off till it's actually affecting you.

Ok...Ill goto the doctor. I was just wanting to see if maybe an NS doc or med student or something, was familiar with any similiar cases
usually, in the case of cancer, the only way one could be sure would be to actually see it and run tests...not something that translates well via internet

Why would you have to pay to visit a Dr? are you serious? You think you have Cancer and you have to PAY? What hell hole of a country do you live in?


Hey, nothing is free in America. Not even freedom...

God, you live in a nation that can spend most countries entire budget on a war about oil, and you have to pay to go to visit a Dr. Dear god, what is wrong with that picture?

Get a decent government man! get a national health service and fund it from the military budget.

Good luck at the Drs by the way, I am sure it will be fine. :fluffle:

God, you live in a nation that can spend most countries entire budget on a war about oil, and you have to pay to go to visit a Dr. Dear god, what is wrong with that picture?

Get a decent government man! get a national health service and fund it from the military budget. Thats what I'd like to do when i go into politics, but somehow thats "too liberal" and america hates Liberals....idiots..



Good luck at the Drs by the way, I am sure it will be fine. :fluffle:
Thanks:fluffle:

Thats what I'd like to do when i go into politics, but somehow thats "too liberal" and america hates Liberals....idiots..

I wonder if people realize that calling your opposition idiots isn't really helping your own cause.

Thats what I'd like to do when i go into politics, but somehow thats "too liberal" and america hates Liberals....idiots..


Thanks:fluffle:

Good on you :)

My Dad has a skin cancer on his face right now, they 'froze' it on Thursday and we are waiting to see how that goes.

Good on you :)

My Dad has a skin cancer on his face right now, they 'froze' it on Thursday and we are waiting to see how that goes.


Yikes thats not fun at all :( He will be in my prayers :)

'K

but i'd be worried too if my favorite pastime was having mom rub my hair.

Yikes thats not fun at all :( He will be in my prayers :)


Thank you poppet, thats a really lovely thing to say...you made me teary now. Thank you for being so nice. :)

'K

but i'd be worried too if my favorite pastime was having mom rub my hair.


Hey, having one's hair rubbed is very soothing :D, i don't care who does it.

'K

but i'd be worried too if my favorite pastime was having mom rub my hair.

ROFL! He's going to be the real life Principal Seymore!

Hey, having one's hair rubbed is very soothing :D, i don't care who does it.

I agree, my Mum used to rub my hair, and I loved it. She is dead now and I miss it (and her) :(

I agree, my Mum used to rub my hair, and I loved it. She is dead now and I miss it (and her) :(


Oh wow, quite a life you have been through...How old are you?

Oh wow, quite a life you have been through...How old are you?


I am old love, old enough to not tell as I am a lady. :D

But not everso old...not like Eut :p

Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time) when she stopped and gasped really loud. She then blurts out, you have skin cancer. I stood up really fast in shock. She told me i have a black spot on my head. At first i thought maybe a bruise, a mole, or a freckle. Well I just looked at it now, and it doesn't look like any of them. It is located o my upper left hand side of my face, just in the hair line, near my temple(temporal something another). Bad thing is, my great grandmother had skin cancer, and died from it, and it started in her hair first. Now my question is, how credible is it that this is indeed some sort of Cancerous growth? Next question(stupid one to ask) Should I honestly waste money to go see a Dr. about this?

Im worried, because starting a few weeks I have had a reoccurring dream that i died from cancer. :(


if you can afford to,go to the doctor.

i have the same damn thing on my right temple,right at the hairline.
3 years ago,it was about the size of a big freckle,or mole...now it is about the size of a dime.
i scratch it at times,it bleeds a bit,then it seems to get smaller or a different color..i ignore it..then it seems to get bigger,same old cycle.
does yours exhibit this odd behaviour?

as an uninsured,single parent of 2(1 in college and 1 in army bootcamp)i also am loathe to spend money on a doctor,mostly because i am afraid to hear..yea it's cancer,but for only 1000.00 dollars we can remove it and it's over.
but..but..i dont have 1000.00,well come back when you get it.
then i'll be walking around knowing i got a treatable issue,but cause i'm poor,it is gonna get worse and kill me.
then my attitude will become very shitty to rich people and they dont deserve that..hell,i wish i was rich.

i hope you go to the doctor though,and please post what the doctor determines,as with you,my mom died from cancer and had a spot in the exact spot as me,like you said.

weird you should post this,as i had a friend tell me the other day to go to the doc's,and i have been ignoring this for some time now.

it sounds shitty,but i am actually thinking of going to the er,and falsely claiming i am getting terrible pains in my head and"gee..could it be this"
my credit is ruined from a divorce,so i could care less about the giant ass bill i will get from them.
i paid the er,3000 grand last year for my broken foot,(which emptied my savings account)then found out..i could just ignore it like all the illegals do(not an illegal rant...just saying the girl at the hospital told me i should have lied and gave them a false name in latin,and a bogus s.s.# and the taxpayers would foot the bill)
it sounds shitty,but i may just do that,hell i been paying taxes for 20 years...
and i also think it is disgraceful that low income people have to lie or die to recieve basic medical help...yet our elected royalty get the best care in the world,for free,for life...and make huge incomes!

we need some type of basic medical services for everyone in this country..and trust me,i am no socialist..very far from it..but people like you and me,should not have to decide to either eat or get screened for cancer.
whilst the elite dont even pay..hell they are insured with MY taxdollars..

go to the doctor if you can afford it my friend.

I wonder if people realize that calling your opposition idiots isn't really helping your own cause.
Quite true, but this isn't the proper thread to discuss it.

I wonder if people realize that calling your opposition idiots isn't really helping your own cause.
... even if it is generally correct.

You should go to the doctor, Zilam. The fact that you might have to pay for it is a damning testament of your government, but should not be a factor you have to bear in mind when seeking professional assistance with medical matters.

See a doctor. If you have any concerns at all, see a doctor. Your mother is probably a wonderful person, intelligent, caring and all that, but she cannot diagnose cancer unless she is a medical doctor. For the sake of her nerves and yours, see the bloody doctor.

Go. Go immediately.

Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time) when she stopped and gasped really loud. She then blurts out, you have skin cancer. I stood up really fast in shock. She told me i have a black spot on my head. At first i thought maybe a bruise, a mole, or a freckle. Well I just looked at it now, and it doesn't look like any of them. It is located o my upper left hand side of my face, just in the hair line, near my temple(temporal something another). Bad thing is, my great grandmother had skin cancer, and died from it, and it started in her hair first. Now my question is, how credible is it that this is indeed some sort of Cancerous growth? Next question(stupid one to ask) Should I honestly waste money to go see a Dr. about this?

Im worried, because starting a few weeks I have had a reoccurring dream that i died from cancer. :(

1. Recurring dreams usually mean something

2. A recurring dream combined with something related to the dream usually means the dream is a true vision of the future (you scientific people out there can call it "instinct" if it makes you feel better)

3. Skin cancer can be treated if caught early. You didn't have a vision for no reason. GO TO THE DOCTOR. Don't risk dying.

P.S. To save money maybe you can pretend to be a British Citizen, go to Britain, get the NHS (National Health Service) to treat you for free, then go back to your own country. By the time they've realised you've lied, they'll have to mess about dealing with the US authorities to get you to pay, plus they'll likely just leave it as they're such nice sympathetic people (the NHS) who don't want you dead.

P.P.S. About the hair-soothing, it really does feel nice. I'm a bloke and a guy was stroking me head once as I was sat down and had just had it cut. Didn't feel sexual or weird, just felt nice.

if you think you have cancer see a doctor they can treat before it gets any worst

Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time) when she stopped and gasped really loud. She then blurts out, you have skin cancer. I stood up really fast in shock. She told me i have a black spot on my head. At first i thought maybe a bruise, a mole, or a freckle. Well I just looked at it now, and it doesn't look like any of them. It is located o my upper left hand side of my face, just in the hair line, near my temple(temporal something another). Bad thing is, my great grandmother had skin cancer, and died from it, and it started in her hair first. Now my question is, how credible is it that this is indeed some sort of Cancerous growth? Next question(stupid one to ask) Should I honestly waste money to go see a Dr. about this?

Im worried, because starting a few weeks I have had a reoccurring dream that i died from cancer. :(

Don't bother seeing a doctor. You're fucked. Can I have your stuff? :)

((Note: Sorry. I really do hope it's nothing. It's just that this thread was getting way too helpful and that just won't do at all. :p ))

Don't bother seeing a doctor. You're fucked. Can I have your stuff? :)

((Note: Sorry. I really do hope it's nothing. It's just that this thread was getting way too helpful and that just won't do at all. :p ))

awww, you're so nice. ;)


:rolleyes:

Visit the doc.

Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time)
In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary: Come again?

Yeah, see the doctor. Don't come to NSG for help.

God, you live in a nation that can spend most countries entire budget on a war about oil, and you have to pay to go to visit a Dr. Dear god, what is wrong with that picture?

Get a decent government man! get a national health service and fund it from the military budget.

Good luck at the Drs by the way, I am sure it will be fine. :fluffle:
I agree and also offer the same sentiments as Carisbrooke. Take care, but do go see a doctor!!

awww, you're so nice. ;)


:rolleyes:

I'm legendary for my niceness. :)

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary: Come again?

ahhh... you weren't thinking of head hair were you? :eek:

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary: Come again?

Snatch!

When I was very young, a wise woman who was very close to me left me with the sound advice of "Listen to your body", shortly before dying of Hodgkins Lymphoma. Perhaps if she had followed her own advice, I would still have a mother...

ahhh... you weren't thinking of head hair were you? :eek:
Actually, yeah I was, but now that you mention it... I can't get the picture out of my head. (Is there a smiley for vomiting?)


Snatch!
:D

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary: Come again?

That is going into my sig!

Dude think positive dont worry you are young you will fight it off even if its Skin Cancer.

Today, my mom was rubbing my hair(my favourite past time) when she stopped and gasped really loud. She then blurts out, you have skin cancer. I stood up really fast in shock. She told me i have a black spot on my head. At first i thought maybe a bruise, a mole, or a freckle. Well I just looked at it now, and it doesn't look like any of them. It is located o my upper left hand side of my face, just in the hair line, near my temple(temporal something another). Bad thing is, my great grandmother had skin cancer, and died from it, and it started in her hair first. Now my question is, how credible is it that this is indeed some sort of Cancerous growth? Next question(stupid one to ask) Should I honestly waste money to go see a Dr. about this?

Im worried, because starting a few weeks I have had a reoccurring dream that i died from cancer. :(

you should definitely go, I wouldn't just take my chances with something like that, that's why I went in for that, btw, I don't have it, but I always have to go in for yearly checkups, because I have so many weird moles

skin cancer treatable if found/fixed early, have friend with esophageal cancer [throat :>((] who is walking dead ans slipping rather fast

see the doc, do yourself a lifelong favor

Am i right in saying skin cancer is quite easy to treat if caught in the early stages?

Edit: anyway the important thing is not to worry, there is so many millions of other things it could be. My sister has a mole the size of a dice on her back, but it isn't cancerous.

You should definately see a doctor though, just in case.

Go to the doctor.

Stay out of direct mid-day sunlight in the meantime.

just saying the girl at the hospital told me i should have lied and gave them a false name in latin,and a bogus s.s.# and the taxpayers would foot the bill)

At least you'd have to give a real phone number. If it's still like it was when I was examined, they're gonna cut off the suspicious piece of skin and then test it. If you can't be reached, you won't get any results...

At least you'd have to give a real phone number. If it's still like it was when I was examined, they're gonna cut off the suspicious piece of skin and then test it. If you can't be reached, you won't get any results...

very good point..hmmmm

P.S. To save money maybe you can pretend to be a British Citizen, go to Britain, get the NHS (National Health Service) to treat you for free, then go back to your own country. By the time they've realised you've lied, they'll have to mess about dealing with the US authorities to get you to pay, plus they'll likely just leave it as they're such nice sympathetic people (the NHS) who don't want you dead.



Yeah but they are overworked quacks who would likely cause your death despite what nice sentimental blokes and burds they are.

God, you live in a nation that can spend most countries entire budget on a war about oil, and you have to pay to go to visit a Dr. Dear god, what is wrong with that picture?


This may come as a shock, but, if you're paying between 15 and 30% of your income to the government for 'free' healthcare.. it isn't free.

Anyway, I agree with basically everyone that the OP see a doctor.

Why would you have to pay to visit a Dr? are you serious? You think you have Cancer and you have to PAY? What hell hole of a country do you live in?

Probably America. You know we do have to PAY for our medical care here (unless you go to the emergency room and give a fake name and address so they can't bill you later).