For Kendall - It might not be your first ENT's fault, since most doctors biopsy a bit and send the specimin to a pathology lab, which makes the final decision. Additionally the specimen in the first case might not have contained enough cancer cells to be detected.

In my case my GP referred me to a surgeon who took one look and said that's cancer and we're taking it off right now. He did using a wide margin around the spot, sewed everything up tight and sent the mess to the path lab. A week later he shared the results with me - basal cell cancer - and that he'd gotten it all, a relief to all.

I am currently waiting for surgery for a squamous cell spot on my forehead that is large enough that they want a plastics man to do the cutting so they won't leave a hole so big that my lack of grey matter might show.

With the amount of time I have spent in sunny climates, this won't be the end of this story, but at least I get frequent chacks by savvy doctors.

Dave