Last Thursday I went to my dermatologist for a scheduled periodic visit. It was a couple of months late because I had canceled it twice before for scheduling reasons. Not that it mattered in the long run.
It's been several years (three?) since the last time I went and had a biopsy that turned out to be basal cell cancerous. Since then I've gone every six months with no problems.
Except I have noticed that some of the scaliness on the tips of my left ear was not going away. I had applied the cream, but still, it remained. Maybe I didn't do the cream as religiously as I should have, but it always burned when I did.
This visit she decided to take a biopsy. Results will be back in 7-10 days she said.
She's taken two previous biopsies. Both have come back positive. She has a good track record. I hope she is wrong this time.