Requesting Your Prayers
One of the Parkies that I have become friends with on the Patients Like Me site has just had a positive diagnosis of skin cancer, and she is to have surgery on the 14th of November for a lesion slightly bigger than a half dollar.
Now another PWP on the Patients Like Me site has posted that she is getting the results this week on a biopsy for a possible skin cancer on her leg. That's 2 out of less than 700 who have reported it from the PLM Parkinson's membership.
The increased risk of developing Melanoma is one of the characteristics of Parkinson's that few people are aware of. I certainly was not.
The one to have surgery goes by the name of knoxgal, and the one to get the biopsy results goes by pokie too. I know they would both appreciate your prayers on their behalf.
Looks like I'll be making an appointment with a Dermatologist to get checked over from head to toe! Great, another doctor!! But I do think it is wise to have it done, under the circumstances, as I am covered with moles, thanks to my parents.
Now another PWP on the Patients Like Me site has posted that she is getting the results this week on a biopsy for a possible skin cancer on her leg. That's 2 out of less than 700 who have reported it from the PLM Parkinson's membership.
The increased risk of developing Melanoma is one of the characteristics of Parkinson's that few people are aware of. I certainly was not.
The one to have surgery goes by the name of knoxgal, and the one to get the biopsy results goes by pokie too. I know they would both appreciate your prayers on their behalf.
Looks like I'll be making an appointment with a Dermatologist to get checked over from head to toe! Great, another doctor!! But I do think it is wise to have it done, under the circumstances, as I am covered with moles, thanks to my parents.
Labels: "Parkinson's", Dermatologist, melanoma, PatientsLikeMe, prayer, skin cancer
posted by Dirty Butter @ 10:50 AM
6 Comments:
At 10/28/2007 12:57 PM ,
Marion said...
I've been updating myself on your posts, DB. What an incredible blog this is turning out to be...there is just a huge amount of info here, relevant to all areas of life.
I did not know about Parkinson's and melanoma. Thank you for the info. And I will certainly keep both the ladies in my prayers.
Keep up the really good work you do here, in such a positive way. I am so glad you got seven hours of sleep!
At 10/28/2007 3:39 PM ,
Dirty Butter said...
You flatter me, Marion. Maybe the reason you see this blog as useful is that I have so doggone many things wrong with me to talk about!
Be sure to pass the info about Melanoma along to your uncle, is it? Not sure about ho it was that you were having for dinner some time ago. Or maybe I have the wrong person in mind completely??
At 10/29/2007 3:22 PM ,
Marion said...
I will for sure pass this along! He is a life long friend; he recently underwent Deep Brain Surgery,and is doing very well.
thank you for remembering! Wow, lol...see what I mean?
At 10/29/2007 4:28 PM ,
Dirty Butter said...
Well, I almost remembered who it was, but at least I did remember the correct person's blog, Marion. By all means, make him aware of this, as the statistics are disturbing.
At 11/04/2007 7:02 AM ,
Joe said...
This is proving to be very interesting. I wasn't aware about the connection between melanoma and PD either. I have been watching a couple of spots on myself with some trepidation over the last few months, wondering about them. I have been putting off doing anything about them because they don't have any of the characteristics of melanoma, or any of the other skin cancers I have seen on my patients. I guess its time to have them looked at anyway.
At 11/04/2007 2:56 PM ,
Dirty Butter said...
By all means, Joe, get them checked out. I made my appointment, but couldn't get a routine baseline checkup until January. I feel sure, since you have some suspicious places, that you would be able to get an appointment sooner than that. Please keep us all informed. The odds, according to one place I found, run anywhere from 2 to 10 times more incidence of melanoma with PD!!
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