My father got his pathology report back on his lesion thingie on his lip. It is malignant and they diagnosed it as Squamous Cell Carcinoma. It is a type of skin cancer that usually effects the lips or mouth area. The doctor was fairly certain they removed it all, but Dad has a follow up appointment in Grand Junction this upcoming Monday where they will discuss treatments if the doctor thinks there is anything more to be done.
It has a very high success rate of treatment if caught early enough, and my mother found medical records on my Great Grandfather saying he appeared to have the exact same type of thing in 1959 and he had it treated and lived another 23 years after that, so it is very unlikely to be life threatening.
Please keep my father in your prayers for healing and pray that this will totally go away. We are all baffled on how he got this, as the diagnosis says that most of the patients who end up with this type of cancer used tobacco mouth products or drank excessively and my father doesn't do either one. He has never smoked, chewed or drank in his life.
More info on this type of cancer here: Squamous Cell Carcinoma - SkinCancer.org
It has a very high success rate of treatment if caught early enough, and my mother found medical records on my Great Grandfather saying he appeared to have the exact same type of thing in 1959 and he had it treated and lived another 23 years after that, so it is very unlikely to be life threatening.
Please keep my father in your prayers for healing and pray that this will totally go away. We are all baffled on how he got this, as the diagnosis says that most of the patients who end up with this type of cancer used tobacco mouth products or drank excessively and my father doesn't do either one. He has never smoked, chewed or drank in his life.
More info on this type of cancer here: Squamous Cell Carcinoma - SkinCancer.org