# I am Cancer Free! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026 "2014-08-20T18:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/1 "2014-08-20T18:39:59Z")
In this thread > **[I have cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722387)** > > Squamous cell carcinoma A dime-sized lesion on my ankle. Thought it was Psoriasis (my grandmother had it). I should be “cured” once the dermatologist slices it off in an outpatient procedure. I’m not dying…I’m... I OP’ed my diagnosis of skin cancer. Today, the doctor chunk of skin the size of a half-dollar down to the subcutaneous layer. An hour of microscopic scrutiny of the excised tissue later, and I was pronounced cancer free ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/2 "2014-08-20T18:43:31Z")
Hooray for good news! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/3 "2014-08-20T20:20:58Z")
Congratulations! StG ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/4 "2014-08-20T20:28:55Z")
Fantastic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/5 "2014-08-20T20:35:44Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight;17656509 Today, the doctor chunk of skin the size of a half-dollar [/QUOTE] Make that “carved out a chunk of skin”😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tremblay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/6 "2014-08-20T21:31:11Z")
Congrats!!! 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/7 "2014-08-20T22:36:28Z")
Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/8 "2014-08-21T01:30:33Z")
I’m so very glad for you! Are you going to have a party? You should ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/9 "2014-08-21T01:39:59Z")
Very good news! Hooray! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/10 "2014-08-21T03:06:01Z")
Winning! 😃 😃 Congratulations, what a load off your mind! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/11 "2014-08-21T03:17:54Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/12 "2014-08-21T03:32:14Z")
Good show, **Enola**. May you have many more years of the same. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/13 "2014-08-21T05:04:21Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > In this thread > [I have cancer - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722387) > I OP’ed my diagnosis of skin cancer. > > Today, the doctor chunk of skin the size of a half-dollar down to the subcutaneous layer. > > An hour of microscopic scrutiny of the excised tissue later, and I was pronounced cancer free BOOYAH! That’s good news! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/14 "2014-08-21T07:18:38Z")
That’s excellent news! Hooray for modern medicine. Keep well 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/15 "2014-08-21T10:03:32Z")
Congratulations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/16 "2014-08-21T13:29:13Z")
This good news adds happiness to my day. Thank you for telling us. Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/17 "2014-08-21T19:35:17Z")
Yay! ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-cancer-free/696026/18 "2014-08-22T00:08:45Z")
Wonderful news! No news = Good news? Not. This. Time. Congrats!!