Fluorouracil

[JEBar]

just over a week ago I went for my yearly appointment with a Dermatologist ... he said that it is time for me to once again under go a Fluorouracil treatment

Fluorouracil

for those who may not know, Fluorouracil is supposed to attack sun damaged skin and prevent it from evolving into skin cancer .... my best description of how this stuff works is it attacks sun damaged skin cells (per my doctor's words "like a heat seeking missile " and chemically cauterizes it .... in my case, 79 years of sun exposure has clearly caused some problems ...this is my 3rd treatment, the last one was back in early 2009n.... based on my experience, the best way to describe it is the worst sun burn that I've ever known ... this first week's application of Fluorouracil ended today .... the pictures below were taken a few minutes ago, the red areas are spots that could have become cancer .... my reason for posting this thread is to bring to folks attention that there is something that can be done to prevent common types of skin cancer .... while the past few days have been very uncomfortable, the alternative seems to me to be much worse

[cooperhawk]

Yup, me too.