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My sister keeps telling me the mole on my 20- something nieces back is not benign. I said did they say cancer? I've had melanoma.
Has anyone ever heard skin cancer called not benign?
elleng
(131,276 posts)Understandable by amateurs, NOT, imo, by medical professionals.
XanaDUer2
(10,792 posts)Is an idiot. She thinks saying things aloud bring it to reality. This sound like melanoma to me
elleng
(131,276 posts)I hope your niece does ok.
XanaDUer2
(10,792 posts)I asked did they say cancer and she said they said not benign.
nocoincidences
(2,234 posts)doesn't want to speak her worst fear out loud.
XanaDUer2
(10,792 posts)My melanoma was grade 0 in situ and I still had an xray for lung mets.
TNNurse
(6,931 posts)I would talk to her directly, her mother seems to be struggling with coping.
XanaDUer2
(10,792 posts)My niece and sister have a bizarre codependent relationship. I could reach out...
Abnredleg
(670 posts)So technically a tumor can simultaneously be not benign and not cancerous.
Maybe that's what she/they mean.
There are other more common types of skin cancers besides melanoma that are far less serious and easily curable, squamous cell cancer is just one example.
XanaDUer2
(10,792 posts)My niece is not at home. My sister was not at the drs with her. Thanks God my niece has ACA.
My niece is saying its not benign. My sister is irritated she doesn't push for more info. She's in nursing school. Unbelievable.
marble falls
(57,405 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,792 posts)Its my niece. She's describing a mold as not benign.