12-8-05
For my whole life I had two moles on my right forearm. Both of them were the same size, never changing for 47 years. Then one of them decides to start growing. It doubled in size over the course of a year. There was a slight itch. I got a thorough exam by an MD, who said that I did not appear to have cancer. Indeed, I felt fairly healthy. As for the mole, there were two options – first; wait and see what it does. Second, get a biopsy. I did not want to get a biopsy for fear of spreading something that was, so far, encapsulated and probably not malignant, but I did not want to wait around to watch it grow, either. Therefore, I decided to remove it using “chemosurgery”. This consisted of applying a simple salve over the mole daily for about two weeks until the lesion fell off my arm. Also, I took huge amounts of digestive and proteolytic enzymes to help my body work from the inside out. I also took a large amount of herb teas which I have a lot of experience with, along with good diet and moderate exercise. Then a few weeks more of letting the wound heal naturally.
The salve consisted of Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis - a strong medicinal root herb), Zinc Chloride (a mild caustic chemical when applied externally), and Tumeric (a mild medicinal herb) all of which can be obtained easily (and legally) on the internet.
A company based in Florida was a great resource in this work. I found them to be very helpful and compassionate. TumorX.com
This technique of chemosurgery was originally developed by Dr. Mohs in the 1950's. He published a book which describes his work, including the formula he used.
12-13-05 Before the treatment -
12-14-05 This is a test spot on my leg near my knee where I applied the salve for 24 hours. It created a small welt. There is some redness around the outer edge of where the salve was. It went away after a few days.
12-14-05 This is my mole after the same 24 hours of using the salve. There are four little yellow bumps that appeared, and the edges of the mole became red and expanded their borders. The bumps are hard and not painful to touch at all. Now I am starting to get a little scared.
Application of the salve (on day three) with tegaderm bandage.
12-16-05 Day three. The area became inflamed and the inner part is turning brown and dead looking. The area is warm and itching, but not very painful still. Now I am starting to freak out. Many questions are going through my head. Every day I re-read the educational material and watch the CD provided by TumorX. My progress seems normal, so I keep going.
12-19-05 Now it is getting a little painful. It is like I had a bee sting yesterday. Sore, but not worth taking pain pills yet. Luckily, this location on the arm is fairly tough.
12-20-05 Still expanding, and I’m still freaking out, and I still re-read the instructional material daily.
12-21-05 Now it’s starting to hurt. It now feels like I got a bee sting this morning, and the surrounding area is very tender.
12-23-05 I am really wondering if this thing will stop! My whole forearm is getting very sensitive. It hurts, but I am afraid to mask the pain with medication because I want to be in touch with what is going on inside of me. I also have a fairly high tolerance to pain
12-24-05 Now it feels like a hive of bees are constantly stinging me. The inflammation is intense. It is not due to the tegaderm bandages, but it is torture to take them off everyday. Oddly enough, taking a warm shower does not cause pain. It actually feels good. However, I have reached my pain limit. It hurts to even blow gently on my arm. I start taking 2 Ibuprofen three times per day. Thankfully, sleep is OK, although I have to protect my arm carefully. The lesion is just starting to crack on the top edge. This is GOOD! It has finally stopped expanding.
12-25-05 “My Christmas present”. Difficult to see, but the crack is increasing around the edge from about “11 o’clock to 5 o’clock” on the circle. The pattern of inflammation is changing a little bit also.
12-26-05 Side view showing how it is raised out of my arm, like a little volcano, which is what it feels like.
12-26-05 Same day as above, different view. Still very painful, and you can hold your hand over it and feel the heat radiating from it. Although I can see that it is almost completely separated around the edge, the instructions say to wail until it is totally separated to stop applying the salve, so I did it one more day. Yuck, but I am now very happy to see this coming to completion.
12-28-05 Side view. It’s looking pretty gross now. Yesterday the whole edge separated but it’s still completely attached on the bottom. As soon as the edges detached, the pain decreased by about 50 percent. No more need for pain medicine.
12-28-05 Same day, different view. As soon as the edges separate, the inflammation magically goes away. It turned to pale purple with no heat. The sensitivity in my forearm is almost normal.
12-29-05 This morning I take off the bandage and the whole thing falls off painlessly.
12-29-05 This is right after removing the bandage. There is no bleeding; only a little bit of slightly bloody fluid.
12-29-05 After a warm shower, which felt good. No pain at all from the water. Immediately after the lesion fell out the pain went down to 10% of what it was three days earlier. It is very strange to be looking at the deep subcutaneous layer of my arm.
12-29-05 Blurry picture of the top surface of the “thing”.
12-29-05 It is a little less than ¼ inch thick.
12-29-05 Same day, after my shower. Notice that the inflammation is totally gone and the skin is pale and grey from a sudden lack of circulation
1-1-06 Two days later and the skin is starting to re-grow from the outer edge. It is more or less painless, but a little sore.
1-2-06 Rapid growth of skin. . The wound is closing in. I make the mistake of poking at it to check the skin, and end up with a blister which now breaks open each day and then heals by the end of the day. This is a set back, but the main wound continues to close in and heal.
Another day, another popped blister. Finally! The blister closes for good Finally, the wound closes itself up and stays there! The final scar. There is a kind of soreness under the scar and by the top end where the muscle moves under the skin. This sensation continues for a few more months as the skin and the muscle continue to join and stretch.
