# More Skin Cancers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-skin-cancers/704509>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 13, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-skin-cancers/704509 "2014-11-13T05:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-skin-cancers/704509/1 "2014-11-13T05:15:06Z")

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For various reasons I have been with Humana Gold Plus health insurance for the last three years. I mention this because it is the reason I couldn’t see my all time favorite dermatologist; his office doesn’t accept Humana.

So, six weeks ago I was referred to a dermatology clinic that does accept Humana. The diagnosis was that I have six skin cancers on my head, face and throat. The one on my throat is a squamous cell cancer; the rest are basal cell. The one on my head was very close to the site of a melanoma that was excised about five years ago so that was the one the surgeon elected to remove first. The difficulty was that four of his nurses/physicians assistants couldn’t find it. The surgeon located a “bump,” sliced it off, bandaged me and later declared “they got it all” and sent me home.

Now, I have to wait until December 14 before a nurse can verify the wound is healed properly before I can schedule the removal of the other skin cancers-----which will be done one per office visit with no guarantee the squamous cell will be next. Plus, because dermatology is done by a specialist, I have to fork out a $35.00 per visit co-pay. I ain’t happy about none of this but maybe I’m just old and cranky.

Does this sound like the normal process?