Best of luck to @floralies, @Chris-P-Bacon, @JennyJ and anyone else dealing with BCCs. OH needs to get a mole looked at next time he sees his GP but finding a dermatologist willing to take on new patients here is not easy since Covid.
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"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I stayed at home to raise my children and we were poor. Kids still joke about smart price food and having to ask for an apple never helping themselves and we never had a foreign holiday. Clothes were handed down or bought as presents.
It was hard work and I regret sometimes that I stayed in a difficult marriage because he paid the bills.
Until childcare is given value this state of affairs will continue. A proper wage could be paid at least for the first 5 years but until that happens women will choose work which gives them financial independence and more freedom and well educated intelligent couples will limit the size of their families.
It’s a difficult one, maybe smaller families are the way forward for the world but an ageing population is not a good thing is it? Tricky.
I have had several BCCs over the years all on my face . I was never offered anything other than surgery . I don’t know anything about the creams that are available.I can imagine they cause considerable pain .The surgery I had wasn’t pleasant but quite tolerable..After the local anaesthetic was administered there was no pain .I could hear what was being done and what the doctors were discussing. I have one visible scar .Unfortunately the BCC required more surgery .More margin was needed than the first op’ allowed. The scar is under my fringe and is obvious.The other scars are on my cheek lower forehead and the side of my ear.You would have difficulty seeing those .The operations took about two weeks to completely heal. I have had no trouble with the scar sites since.
Last week it cost me about 30% of my pre-tax income to pay for childcare for two kids and they were both too ill to actually go. We're lucky in that we can adjust our work to share looking after the kids if necessary but it must be really hard for people who have to take sick leave or holiday to cover it. I heard the average cost of childcare in London is now £19k/year.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Thanks for the (fairly) positive BCC experiences folks, always good to hear about. It's a waiting game now until they get back to me. The nurse practitioner that I saw this morning filled in a questionnaire on the computer, took photos on a phone with special lenses attached and sent them off to the dermatology department, and had a bit of a chat about what he thinks it is based on his experience and what the outcomes might be.
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I am using Efudix at the moment @Chris-P-Bacon on my face, this is my third week, not pleasant at all, one place is on the bridge of my nose where my glasses rest.
My youngest boy had an induction day at his new nursery yesterday. The teachers talked about the things they will be teaching the kids and one of them was how to hold a book, make sure it's the right way up and how to turn pages etc. Hopefully they meant this was for the younger children but still something you'd hope they'd have learnt at home from a very young age. He's only just turned three but will sit there reading on his own and has quite a few books memorised to read out loud to himself and anyone who'll listen. I suspect he won't be able to use a smart phone as well as other kids his age though.
I'm horrified when I read of kids starting 'proper school' not nursery still wearing nappies because they haven't been toilet trained at home. Likewise kids totally unable to read, and seemingly not being interested in looking at a book.
Regarding kids memorising books, we thought my niece was really advanced at reading until my wife was sat with her one day. My niece turned 2 pages by mistake and kept on 'reading' perfectly. Sneaky things kids.
Thanks for the (fairly) positive BCC experiences folks, always good to hear about. It's a waiting game now until they get back to me. ...and what the outcomes might be.
Try to not worry - in almost all cases BCCs are readily treatable. (as are SCC's come to that)
I have had several BCCs over the years all on my face . I was never offered anything other than surgery . I don’t know anything about the creams that are available.I can imagine they cause considerable pain .The surgery I had wasn’t pleasant but quite tolerable..After the local anaesthetic was administered there was no pain .I could hear what was being done and what the doctors were discussing. I have one visible scar .Unfortunately the BCC required more surgery .More margin was needed than the first op’ allowed. The scar is under my fringe and is obvious.The other scars are on my cheek lower forehead and the side of my ear.You would have difficulty seeing those .The operations took about two weeks to completely heal. I have had no trouble with the scar sites since.
Good to hear.. after my two BCC's my GP has said the next occurrence would probably require Mohs Surgery.
Best of luck to @floralies, @Chris-P-Bacon, @JennyJ and anyone else dealing with BCCs. OH needs to get a mole looked at next time he sees his GP but finding a dermatologist willing to take on new patients here is not easy since Covid.
Thanks & I hope your OH finds one soon.. mine was luckily discovered during my annual flu jab!
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Good to hear.. after my two BCC's my GP has said the next occurrence would probably require Mohs Surgery.
Thanks & I hope your OH finds one soon.. mine was luckily discovered during my annual flu jab!
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