Please say a prayer..

You are always in my thoughts, Denise!

Hi Denise,
My sister is 19 and has had it since she was 5..what a trooper she was every couple of months going for blood work and shots!!! Thank g-d she is doing well, and altho u can see it if u 'know she has it' she has been able to mantain it for many yrs w/o it getting worse..once a year she goes to get checked and so far so good (knock on wood)..thank u so much for ur concern and prayers..i m thrilled to hear that u r doinng ok MANY

I will pray for you, but I am sure it is nothing. The doctor is being sensible to check for everything, but it is probably nothing and you will be fine!

I want to just say something about scelederma. The daughter of my mom's close friends has scelederma. She has lived with it for nearly 10 years. She has two small children and is not debilitated in any significant way. I am sure you will be fine! But even if the worse happens, you will be OK!

ETA: I just read the thread. I am glad you are OK! Also Michelle, thank you for sharing your sister's story. It is a scary disease and not much is known about it, at least to the general public. Your sister is an example of strength and inspiration!

Yes, she (Michelle's sister) SURE IS! :)

Thanks once again, all of you!

Love you all!
Denise

Denise -

I've been CRAZY busy lately, and I only JUST saw this thread. I hope you're okay, (I mean, I know you ARE okay, but I hope you're okay, do you know what I mean?), and I'm only upstairs if you need anything.

Rachel

I had the same thing happen. I went to the dermatologist to have one mole checked out and decided, since I was there, to get a full body look-over. He found 2 'suspicious' moles. He removed them and they were biopsied and they were harmless. Don't get worked up...the doctor just does this as a precaution. Some are 'pre-cancerous' and it's just nice to know that they are removed and you don't have to 'watch' them anymore. I'm sure everything will be fine. Has it chnaged shape or color recently? One of the one that I had removed actually kept getting bigger and it still turned out to be nothing. Better safe then sorry. Take a deep breath, I'm sure everything will be okay. Just know that anytime you have anything suspicious, any doctor worth his/her salt will remove and biopsy the mole. Lots of . You will be in my prayers!

My little cousin who is now 13 has this, and has had it since she was like 7, and she is fine. Never been sick from it, never had a problem. Dont stress yourself out!