Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Jul 2nd 2006, 11:31 am
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sunshinesarah
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Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
A strange piece of information perhaps but my mum recently came to Oz on holiday for her first visit and this may interest others
Whilst here, she paid privately to have a mole check (a thorough private check in UK was quoted at over 200 pounds). It cost her all of 28 quid and she said the level of technology here was far superior to that of UK. (well it would be given they have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world here!). All done and dusted within 20 minutes.
She was given the all clear, a concise report to take away and had real piece of mind as my dad just had a cancerous mole removed from his nose as, despite living in the Uk all of his life, had got his dodgy nose from all those summer holidays of burning his hooter! Just goes to show.
If you arrive as a permanent resident, you can have these checks done for free.
Sunshine Sarah
Whilst here, she paid privately to have a mole check (a thorough private check in UK was quoted at over 200 pounds). It cost her all of 28 quid and she said the level of technology here was far superior to that of UK. (well it would be given they have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world here!). All done and dusted within 20 minutes.
She was given the all clear, a concise report to take away and had real piece of mind as my dad just had a cancerous mole removed from his nose as, despite living in the Uk all of his life, had got his dodgy nose from all those summer holidays of burning his hooter! Just goes to show.
If you arrive as a permanent resident, you can have these checks done for free.
Sunshine Sarah
Jul 2nd 2006, 11:40 am
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by sunshinesarah
A strange piece of information perhaps but my mum recently came to Oz on holiday for her first visit and this may interest others
Whilst here, she paid privately to have a mole check (a thorough private check in UK was quoted at over 200 pounds). It cost her all of 28 quid and she said the level of technology here was far superior to that of UK. (well it would be given they have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world here!). All done and dusted within 20 minutes.
She was given the all clear, a concise report to take away and had real piece of mind as my dad just had a cancerous mole removed from his nose as, despite living in the Uk all of his life, had got his dodgy nose from all those summer holidays of burning his hooter! Just goes to show.
If you arrive as a permanent resident, you can have these checks done for free.
Sunshine Sarah
Whilst here, she paid privately to have a mole check (a thorough private check in UK was quoted at over 200 pounds). It cost her all of 28 quid and she said the level of technology here was far superior to that of UK. (well it would be given they have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world here!). All done and dusted within 20 minutes.
She was given the all clear, a concise report to take away and had real piece of mind as my dad just had a cancerous mole removed from his nose as, despite living in the Uk all of his life, had got his dodgy nose from all those summer holidays of burning his hooter! Just goes to show.
If you arrive as a permanent resident, you can have these checks done for free.
Sunshine Sarah
I remember reading some stats in 2001 that had more people diagnosed with skin cancer in OZ (no surprise) but more died in the UK.
My experience with a self-professed skin cancer expert in the UK had the old solar collector with bad scabs 8 weeks later. I dont think he quite understood just what a bottle of liquid nitrogen could do.... Funnily enough his surname was the same as a well known ex-Bundaberg surgeon :scared:
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Jul 2nd 2006, 11:48 am
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by wanderingwombat
Sound advice.
I remember reading some stats in 2001 that had more people diagnosed with skin cancer in OZ (no surprise) but more died in the UK.
My experience with a self-professed skin cancer expert in the UK had the old solar collector with bad scabs 8 weeks later. I dont think he quite understood just what a bottle of liquid nitrogen could do.... Funnily enough his surname was the same as a well known ex-Bundaberg surgeon :scared:
WW
I remember reading some stats in 2001 that had more people diagnosed with skin cancer in OZ (no surprise) but more died in the UK.
My experience with a self-professed skin cancer expert in the UK had the old solar collector with bad scabs 8 weeks later. I dont think he quite understood just what a bottle of liquid nitrogen could do.... Funnily enough his surname was the same as a well known ex-Bundaberg surgeon :scared:
WW
The mole checks here are great. If you are even slightly worried about a freckle, they just zap it there and the nwith liquid nitrogen! No faffing about.
Sunshine S
Jul 2nd 2006, 11:51 am
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by sunshinesarah
Blimey! It's Dr Death all over again...
The mole checks here are great. If you are even slightly worried about a freckle, they just zap it there and the nwith liquid nitrogen! No faffing about.
Sunshine S
The mole checks here are great. If you are even slightly worried about a freckle, they just zap it there and the nwith liquid nitrogen! No faffing about.
Sunshine S
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Jul 2nd 2006, 12:12 pm
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by sunshinesarah
Blimey! It's Dr Death all over again...
The mole checks here are great. If you are even slightly worried about a freckle, they just zap it there and the nwith liquid nitrogen! No faffing about.
Sunshine S
The mole checks here are great. If you are even slightly worried about a freckle, they just zap it there and the nwith liquid nitrogen! No faffing about.
Sunshine S
Jul 2nd 2006, 12:15 pm
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by The Crow
Are these country-wide centres - I'm in Melbourne and should get a few checked soon...
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Jul 2nd 2006, 4:51 pm
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by sunshinesarah
A strange piece of information perhaps but my mum recently came to Oz on holiday for her first visit and this may interest others
Whilst here, she paid privately to have a mole check (a thorough private check in UK was quoted at over 200 pounds). It cost her all of 28 quid and she said the level of technology here was far superior to that of UK. (well it would be given they have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world here!). All done and dusted within 20 minutes.
She was given the all clear, a concise report to take away and had real piece of mind as my dad just had a cancerous mole removed from his nose as, despite living in the Uk all of his life, had got his dodgy nose from all those summer holidays of burning his hooter! Just goes to show.
If you arrive as a permanent resident, you can have these checks done for free.
Sunshine Sarah
Whilst here, she paid privately to have a mole check (a thorough private check in UK was quoted at over 200 pounds). It cost her all of 28 quid and she said the level of technology here was far superior to that of UK. (well it would be given they have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world here!). All done and dusted within 20 minutes.
She was given the all clear, a concise report to take away and had real piece of mind as my dad just had a cancerous mole removed from his nose as, despite living in the Uk all of his life, had got his dodgy nose from all those summer holidays of burning his hooter! Just goes to show.
If you arrive as a permanent resident, you can have these checks done for free.
Sunshine Sarah
Jul 3rd 2006, 2:54 am
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by ray2gill
Are these centers called anything specific so that I can do a search for locations i.e. Brisbane?
Happy zapping
Sunshine Sarah
Jul 3rd 2006, 7:33 am
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
What a fantastic bit of advise. I had a mole removed here in the UK after my last trip to Oz and it was surgically removed :scared: Ouch!!!
Jul 3rd 2006, 11:57 am
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by cresta57
My Daughter had two removed from her leg using the same method, she now has two large scars with remnants of darker tissue showing through. Both look more unsightly than the smallish moles that were there in the first place. She wishes she'd waited until we got here as the guys here are so much more skilled.
Sue
Jul 3rd 2006, 12:37 pm
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by Bella Donna
Please forgive the personal question here - I ask as a student homoeopath and out of professional curiosity - but is this the same daughter that you said is currently being treated for cancer?
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Why do you ask, surely there's no connection between a benign melanoma and cervical/ovarian cancer?
Jul 3rd 2006, 2:40 pm
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by cresta57
Yep same one, poor kid's had quite a hard life so far.
Why do you ask, surely there's no connection between a benign melanoma and cervical/ovarian cancer?
Why do you ask, surely there's no connection between a benign melanoma and cervical/ovarian cancer?
Homoeopathically speaking, I can see that an experienced h/p might make a connection between the two occurrences - to a homoeopath, everything that happens in the body is connected, with serious illness often occurring because something less serious was suppressed. But I'm just at the stage of my studies where I'm case-taking, and it becomes a bit compulsive to try and connect everything like pieces of a jigsaw.
I do hope that her treatment is successful and that she returns to full health very soon.
Sue
Jul 5th 2006, 12:12 pm
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Re: Tell visitors to consider having moles checked in Oz
Originally Posted by herrchook
What a fantastic bit of advise. I had a mole removed here in the UK after my last trip to Oz and it was surgically removed :scared: Ouch!!!
