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PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!

Posted by ibdoc <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ibdoc' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 9:12:17

Just found out I have melanoma skin cancer.
Saw a mole on my arm that I ignored. My fiancée insisted I get it looked at and I'm glad I did.
Early this week had an excision of the lesion and sent to pathology.
Now getting set up for more surgery and testing to make sure hasn't spread. Fingers crossed that it's only superficial without extension below the skin.

If you're like me and grew up in the 70s then you spent a lot of time outdoors with no sun block. Didn't even know what that was until college. Please get yourself checked as it's much more manageable early.

Oh! And Fuck Cancer!

Eff cancer and best wishes for a speedy recovery!*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 21, 2026, 10:33:07, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Joking aside; best wishes!*

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 20, 2026, 19:27:35, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

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hopefully they got it all early*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:37:52, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

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"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Damn dude, fingers crossed!*

Posted by Jackie <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Jackie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:20:48, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

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I've had to go in for the full body skin check annually for many years...

Posted by ThanksForLooking <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ThanksForLooking' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:17:08, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

they are always removing something. Far better to catch things early.

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Mrs. Tort talked me into annual “mole patrol” visits a few years ago

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:19:48, in reply to "I've had to go in for the full body skin check annually for many years..."

Got a spot on my face removed with the freezy spray can last year.

/hansel

Oh, and best of luck doc, of course!

interesting. My dermatologist said that I’m good for 3 years

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 20, 2026, 19:48:32, in reply to "Mrs. Tort talked me into annual “mole patrol” visits a few years ago "

maybe because I insisted on a full-body nude scan for a spot on my forehead

"mole patrol" could be part of sexy time for you two.*

Posted by ibdoc <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ibdoc' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 11:10:21, in reply to "Mrs. Tort talked me into annual “mole patrol” visits a few years ago "

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Got a spot on my face removed with the freezy spray can last year.

/hansel Oh, and best of luck doc, of course!

Taylor Hicks should do a PSA for this*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:39:08, in reply to "Mrs. Tort talked me into annual “mole patrol” visits a few years ago "

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

I had a pre-cancerous blemish removed with what looked like a can of compressed gas

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:09:33, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

That you would use to clean a keyboard. For which my dermatologist charged my insurance company several hundred dollars.

But it worked and I now can claim that I am a cancer survivor! #lavenderribbon

Liquid nitrogen, which probably stung a bit

Posted by ibdoc <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ibdoc' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:14:49, in reply to "I had a pre-cancerous blemish removed with what looked like a can of compressed gas"

I would've done the same for half the price

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Yes! I kept thinking, “I could do this at home.” But it worked. Bye, bye cancer

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 20, 2026, 19:25:00, in reply to "Liquid nitrogen, which probably stung a bit"

or pre-cancer. Whatever.

Did you ring the bell 10 times?*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:14:34, in reply to "I had a pre-cancerous blemish removed with what looked like a can of compressed gas"

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Chicken Little poster child

ooo

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:18:07, in reply to "Did you ring the bell 10 times?*"

YOU THINK OF ME, you twisted fuck!*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:42:21, in reply to "ooo"

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Thought it was going to be the Texas Tech bell ringer*

Posted by ibdoc <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ibdoc' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:34:27, in reply to "ooo"

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Oof. Good luck. Hope it was caught early.*

Posted by EffinIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=EffinIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 9:30:48, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

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My parents believed sunburns were a part of the toughening up process

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 9:25:44, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

Good luck with your diagnosis. Melanoma is very curable now as long as it hasn't metasized, but course you know that.

Also: There is a nutritional supplement called nicotinamide that reduces the incidence of basal and squamous by 50%.

Chicken Little poster child

I’ve been taking 1000mg of Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) for several years now

Posted by Randle McMurphy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Randle+McMurphy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 10:03:57, in reply to "My parents believed sunburns were a part of the toughening up process"

My daughter is a dermatologist 😉

here's hoping it hasn't spread!

Posted by Gene Parmesan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Gene+Parmesan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 19, 2026, 9:24:32, in reply to "PSA: Great time of year to see your doc and get a full body skin check!"

I scheduled an appointment with a derm on my PCP's recommendation. I called in March, I think. Earliest appointment was December.

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