Originally Posted by Mord

So he cut a spot off my forehead, gave me three stitches, and did a biopsy. It's basal cell carcinoma (the most common type and easily caught and controlled skin cancer).

He thinks he got it all, but I have to go back once a month for check-ups to make sure. What with the amazing state of health insurance here, I have no financial worries about as many check-ups as I need.

Basically, I was horribly sunburned as a child on several occasions, and the doctor told me that people who are burned like that in childhood almost always develop some kind of carcinoma later in life.

During the check-ups, I'm going to have him look at my (red)neck and shoulders, too, to see if there are any more spots. Not that I've seen, but I'm not a doctor.