Greg Cipes been diagnosed with Skin Cancer

[Metalwolf]

Originally Posted by newfan

I thought he was on the road to recovery, hopefully they got it all.

It sounds like he is. If he was having issues he would have said so, because I doubt 'I'm gonna need chemo' or 'I have melonoma' would be something he'd hide. Especially if he thinks it would spur others to prevent it by using sunscreen or getting their skin checked.

I could be wrong, but 'first surgery' might be where they do a biopsy, and the 'second surgery' might be them taking an inch of skin from around the mole or whatever if they find cancer to make sure they get everything.

Unless he's mentions melonoma somewhere, it's more then likely he has one of the less serious forms and they tend to be more easier to treat. Sometimes the second surgery is all you need to get rid of it completely. He's also probably tired because having the diagnosis 'cancer' is pretty much stressful, even if it's a lesser form of it.

I think after this, they'll probably just make him come in periodically to get checked by a dermatologist who will help him screen for any more skin cancers. This tends to be routine preventative procedure that they have the patients go through (sometimes also with photographs.)