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I go to see this dermatologist. Oh, you have almost skin. Yeah, a little excision here because it had been bothering me a bit. And a couple of years ago, I had a bit of a cancer scare on my head because I have a birthmark here that you don't really see. And there was a mole there and I kept, as my hair got a little thinner, I would use a comb and it caught it one time and it opened it up.
And so I kind of kept picking at it when it became a scab and I kept picking over the course of like six months. And then I went to see this dermatologist for the first time in L.A. And I said, yeah, I've got a little bit of a, you know, I've been trying not to scratch it now. But I'm a bit worried about it. It's been like six months of me being an idiot because it just was really irritable.
And so she, you know, cut it out and sent it off. And... I was at a pretty serious meeting with a whole bunch of people. And she called me up at the end of it and said, listen, I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's cancerous. We've got to cut it out. We've got to get it. And, yeah, I just went completely numb.
at that point and freaked out because i just thought what does this mean in its in the bigger picture uh and i you know i had a lot of friends that have passed from cancer various kinds over the years and so it really did freak me out anyway i got the all clear it was cleaned out and So just anything that just looks or feels a little odd. And there was something I'd been scratching here a bit.
And something here as well. So she just did a little cutting. And no doubt I'll hear from her in a few days once she gets the results.
That's scary because it was in a spot that you don't check. You know, it's covered in hair. You don't know what's going on back there.
Yeah, but it was because of the birthmark. And, you know, I just kept... And the thinner hair, and so I just kept, you know, brushing it with a comb, and it caught it, and then it scabbed, and then it became itchy, and so I kept scratching it, you know, pulling it off. Like a kid, you know, as you do, as you just... Anyway, I'm happy to be here in one piece for the moment.
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