 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Punch biopsies seem like a reasonable approach. They are typically used for regions of interest of the skin (or squamous tissue). It is only contraindicated for melanoma. Most biopsies take a day or so for slide prep, reading and report.
Considering your history though, if it were me, I'd be getting down to that CCC. Call the social worker they may have temporary housing for patients.
It's all the same war - it's called "living life on life's terms". If you don't have a sponsor GET ONE!
Gary Allsebrook
***********************************
Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
________________________________________________________
"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
| 
