Ouch!

[Lindsey]

My hand is still okay but I'm starting to feel the foot one a bit... probably because I've been having to walk on it. I need to limit that as much as possible so I don't rip the stitches!

Janet, they haven't said how long until I find out the results, but the surgeon said he'll call me if it's something scary.

The one on my hand was a blueish gray dot that started out small years ago and looked like just a pen mark that wouldn't wash off, and ended up growing to about a quarter inch diameter and sticking out of the skin. The one on my foot was a brown mole-type mark that popped up out of nowhere a couple of years ago and has grown to about 1/3 inch in diameter. The doctor today said that they say you shouldn't get moles on the bottom of your feet because they are hairless, so that's why it was a concern, plus they've both been increasing in size. So they removed them both just to be safe, and they will be tested for cancer.

I am a little concerned because I used to use tanning beds a lot but stopped a couple of years ago when I read the research on them and how much they are linked to skin cancer. Hopefully I didn't do too much damage. Cancer in general runs in my family like crazy, but I don't know of anyone who has had skin cancer.