Surgery Again....

Over the past 5 years, I have seen several doctors about a basal cell carcinoma spot that is on my right temple. I have underwent many procedures to try and have the spot removed. However, each biopsy results are the same.....It's still there and has spread.

Basal cell carcinoma has a 40% re-occurrence rate...I've always been in that 40%.

So in the spring of 2011, I underwent MOHs surgery. This is where they cut the section of skin off and look at it under the microscope. If cancer cells are visible, the doctor will remove the skin until they get a clean slide. My thought process going in was that since they would cut until they had a clean view under the microscope then this would be the last of it ( or at least in this same spot).

Wrong! I started getting the dull pain and tingling feeling in my right temple again this past fall. Upon undergoing another biopsy, I was told that I would have to have surgery again, the basal cell was still there and deeper.

Once again, I will undergo the MOHs but more aggressively this time. I will also have the assistance of a facial plastic surgeon this time around. I will meet with the plastic surgeon next week to discuss what his role will be once the MOHs surgeon removes the affected skin. I am scheduled for surgery the week after.