Given that I've been at this cancer game for the better part of three years now, you'd think I would have it all figured out by now. How naive of me.
My skin has been changing a lot of late. The drugs cause me to bruise easily, contact dermatitis takes much longer to clear up. Also notice that my mole collection is drying up and some are flaking off. Asked my GP if this was a common side effect, and he seemed to think so. However, he doesn't like the look of a couple (large, dark, and irregular edges), so I have an appt with a surgeon to have them removed. Of course, they will undergo biopsies to ensure nothing unsavory is going on. That bit of news got me thinking. I haven't had a mammogram or a PAP test in over a year - figured I'm on chemo so neither would be necessary. GP was very concerned, and explained that while the chemo was controlling the known cancer, it might not be the right drug cocktail for attacking anything growing at other sites. The mammogram and PAP would help indicate whether the cancer was present in those sites. Sigh. On the up side, I don't have radiation burns any longer to make the mammogram any less pleasant than it already will be. And if something is detected, it can be dealt with before things get too far out of hand. Confess I'm getting a tad tired of being sick and tired.
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