If you watch the newspaper, during the summer someplaces have free skin cancer screenings. You may be able to get a dermatologist to at least look at it and tell you if you need to get it checked out further. If it would be melanoma, the sooner the better to find out. ~K
Dear Lifesholder,
Thank you so much for the answer!! I apologize it has taken me so long to answer. I tried not to worry about everything for a while, but as new strips appear, I'm back to worrying.
Yes. They all appeared after the HRT started. I believe I started the HRT in March and I noticed the first dark nail in October, 08. At first it appeared as a faint straight line on my pink toe. Then I noticed one on my index finger--this one very close to the nail fold--which looks almost like dirt in a vertical line. Then that cosmetic doctor noticed the other one on my big toe. Just last week I found another very fain line on my middle finger.
I hope it's fungus. Or something else, for that matter, as I cannot possibly afford treatment for anything else.
Why did you ask about the timing of the HRT? Do you have a theory of your own?
Once again, thank you so so very much for your help!!
the dark vertical strips on the nail only came out after you received the hormone replacement therapy? Where else can you find dark strips or something?
because the strips aren't in a single place, the likelihood of melanoma i think is small.