It’s trivial but it hurts

[Nugg]

I’ve been diagnosed with BCC on my ear.

I’m gonna end up with a skin graft because it’s quite big and I’m very lucky that it’s only BCC But it still hurts that I just want a massive hug really!

i’m not minimising anyone else’s cancer diagnosis because I feel very fortunate with what I’ve been dealt, but it’s just still a bit of a strange feeling.

miss my mum very bloody much at the moment!!

Sending hugs - other people having "worse" cancer shouldn't minimise what you are going through.
My dd had a skin graft back in October - long thread on here.. She's healed really well and hope you do too xx

@Nugg sending the biggest of hugs x 💐🫂💜

You matter, your feelings matter.

When your mum was a good mum, you miss them in some shape or form every day.

Get well soon. Xx

Oh my word. Wow. Thank you so much everybody - my mum was the most amazing mum and grandma and we all miss her so much every single day. It still hurts that she had her life cut short by MND, because she was such a vibrant person. But she lives on in us all, and I talk to her all the time!

Bless you and big hugs to you OP! 💖💗

It will be okay. It’s a change, but it’s great you caught it and you will adjust and it will be the new normal. On your ear specially, it will be very easy to hide.

I have melanoma. I have a probably 6cm skin graft on my head (bald patch but it’s mostly covered by my hair), I have a scar down the middle of my forehead and I’ve had all the lymph nodes on the right and central part of my neck removed, so have a scar from the top of one ear all the way around the the other side of my neck, probably 20cm long.

I’m self conscious about the one on my face (because no way to hide it), but the skin graft and the one on my neck I often forget about. It’s just the new normal. You will feel okay about it in time. It’s just a big change.

You are lucky to have had such a wonderful mum. 💜