I want you to know how much your video means to me. Thursday was day 20 for me, and when my dermatologist told me to stop, I had an instant feeling of happiness. Well, Mr. Underground Planet, my joy was premature. Today is day 23 for me, and the pain, itching, burning and redness have become even more intense. I was beginning to worry that I was doing something wrong, but when I saw your video (and robert Brown's and captmoonbeam's videos), I realized that y'all have experienced the same reality. Your videos, and those of so many others, have given me a confident expectation that within a week or so, my suffering will have eased considerably. Thanks from an extremely grateful youtuber.
Hi Ray. I'm currently on day 13 of 35 and feelin' it. Just wanted to say that you are awesome in this vid. I trolled the net looking for info before I started and you are by far the most entertaining and uplifting dude out there. Every time I'm about to rip my face off, I come here for a giggle and a dance. THANK YOU!!!
Hubby is starting treatment tomorrow - as if he needed one more thing to stress him out. Your video has at least prepared him - with a sense of humor - THANK YOU!!! And glad you're so well healed. I can only hope hubby heals as well.
@Gravity501 lol, sorry for the itches, just thought I wanted to end it on a happy note! Congrats on day 13, the nice thing is that once it's all healed up you almost forget how miserable you were ... unless you make a video and rewatch it a year later! Good luck with the rest of it, youre almost there. =)
Nice to see someone making light of a very serious journey. I just finished 4 weeks and also looked at all those videos and was very freaked out ... but pushed through. Hopefully, we are on the other side of the worry. Thank you!
Oh my god. I'm sitting here with my tube of Efudix...I can't do it. Im terrified! I put one one application last night and was about to apply it again... I can't do it! Thank you so so much for documenting this. I wish I had one month to be inside and deal with the effects of this but I'm a yoga teacher and I honastly don't know if I'll be able to look at people looking back at me. I'm afraid of the pain and I'm so grateful to you for allwoing us all in to witness the depth of your experience. Your end result was fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for sharing. I just started my recovery phase, lots of stinging but have high hopes its worth it. Efudex tube $53.00, $8.00 Canadian with my Blue Cross coverage. Three biopsies, all no charge. Thank goodness for Canadian Health care!!
Haha, great vid which made my day.- we could be head twins!! I am at day 18 for 2 lesions on my back and shoulder where I have applied spot treatment as I wanted to see how it reacted before putting on my face. Yuk - so now at day 4 on my face which at the minute just feels like a mild sunburn which to be fair, I’m pretty used to! Really inspired by you and makes me want to see it through. I’ve been applying where I think I need it but may now go all over as the F U Dix spreads anyway. I’m a bit freaked as work in open plan office and consul with clients. Loved the song at the end - congrats on your treatment.
Hi there Ray, Deke here! I just started on that evil stuff a week ago & OMG! Yes...you nailed it Bud!!! Thank you for taking the time and making the effort(s) to create & publish this vid. Great job, thanks again...AND AND your karaoke-ish mouthing of the words to that song was awesome & quite entertaining. A worthwhile "12 minutes", following an informative fear reducing education. Thx again Ray ;-) Best of luck in your future endeavors!
Hahaha great humour, I'm watching this in the future ( 2024 ) from when your video was put out in the past. Brilliant ending with a great result by the looks of things. I'm about to start this treatment in a few days time quite reluctantly, thanks for putting this out it makes me feel better.
Thanks so much for this video. I just put my first application on my face an hour ago. Pretty scared, but you helped me by showing and telling what you went through. Cannot thank you enough. Thank God that I have a partner that will help me be comfortable as a recluse for the next month. I could never go out of the house looking like I had a bad case of facial herpes. Take Care.
I have been dealing with skin cancer and actinic keratosis for 4 years .I am only on my second day, and it already burns like hell. I have always loved the sun and tanned in tanning beds. NOT ANYMORE! Your video took alot of courage to share with the world, it was very uplifting to find humor in this horrible hard time,, I hope you are doing well, thanks Ray, Karen Edgy
Happy to report I'm back to my normal ugly, which going through something like this makes you feel like a frikkin swan afterwards cuz one realizes just how ugly one can be! Though I have no proof, I'm pretty sure mine was a combo of tanning beds and a long summer with a friend with a boat. Sorry ya gotta go through it and sorry you're so near the beginning, not sure how many days they got ya on but how ever long it is stick with it. I've known people to get a couple weeks in and give up which is just crazy to me. Once this skin starts getting jacked up looking it's not going to heal overnight so suck it up and get the benefit. But at least ya know what's coming, embrace the ugly, it's temporary and hilarious in retrospect ;)
Fantastic...especially the last 3 miins. Been there,shared your pain and tortured soul! Thanks Ray. Love to hear your views and experiences since, now in 2018. C.J
dude, your a force !!! i loved the video, dont be so hard on your self, your face was melting!!! your an inspiration. that was some of the toughest shit i have ever seen. and that which does not kill you slowly...will only make you stronger and piss you off. well done man. steve
Thank you... I am on day 13 and I want to jump out of a window. I was a lifeguard and landscaper for years and now I am paying the price. Your video helped and cheered me up as I am a shut in from the world for the next couple of weeks. I hope to be back to "normal" by mid April for a weekend in Vegas. Thank you again. Your very brave to video your experience. P.S. I live your Katy Perry!!!
Ha, thanks Christopher, no getting around the wanting to crawl out of your own skin aspect. But it really did get to the point where I hadta laugh looking in the mirror, especially those moments where ya catch yourself off guard and had forgotten it was there. At least that happened to me a couple times where I'd catch a glance and scare the sh*t outta myself for a blink =)
Starting treatment today! Thanks for the video encouragement 'cuz I'm not looking forward to this AT ALL! I appreciate the candid talk about how it looks after stopping the treatment, bucause, you're right, I would be pretty pissed if I saw that I was looking worse instead of better. Glad to see your face looking normal afterward. Thanks, again!
You’re the man, Ray. I’m starting this treatment and I’m very scared. Your video made me laugh and settled me down a bit. It will be all over my chest so I’m spending the evening picturing what I’ll look like for several weeks. I’ll be wearing cotton turtlenecks for a while. I hope I can be as optimistic as you, and just half as brave would be great. Thanks for what you do.
Ha! Having watched tons of those type of videos on other subjects I know exactly what you mean. I began this on Vimeo which allows one to swap out videos so I could add some and update it as I went, it wasn't till it was over that I posted it here as UA-cam doesn't have that functionality. Appreciate your appreciation! =)
Thanks for your honesty and good humour. This is inspirational for others, like myself, who are going through the treatment. Great to see the healed result and good to balance that with how your skin carried on reacting for a while after treatment. How long before it started to get back to normal after treatment?
my doc said they must prescribe fluorouracil 100 times a week.....it's so scary and really tells you about running around in regular life stuff...never take life for granted....I need to be living in Ireland instead of Florida..here its $400.00/ ins: $75.00...
Lordy, this looks like a horrible way to get healthy clean skin!!! I am on Day 9 so just starting the visible "face on fire" stage, that I suppose gets worse through Day 30-33 as I have to do the application 2 x Day for 21 days. There has to be some sadistic pleasure every time a Doc writes a scrip for Efudex.
Well, just. started. Time to face, (no pun intended) yet another demon. Thanks to your video I realize I've already been through much tougher trials. All things being equal, I intend to send you another post on the other side with these 5 simple words, "Is that all you got?". Bring it.
I am doing it for the fourth time. Lots of sun damage. But it is working because the red areas keep getting smaller. Over time the redness will be gone.
Very informative AND entertaining vid Ray!. Much appreciated. This will be my 2nd round after a 2 year hiatus. The cream did work the first time but precancerous stuff has returned. I’m paying the piper for all that fun in the sun BUT skin cancer, which I’ve had, must be taken seriously. Your music vid’s a hoot!✌🏻
It says on the leaflet that comes with the cream that it can cause hair loss. I confirmed this with a pharmacist. Has anyone who used this had hair loss from their head?
@yyzgwm Keep your head up! Honestly as miserable as it is once it's over its one less thing to worry about, you forgot just how bad it gets and looking back on it just becomes surreal. Keep me posted!
At first I set my phone to remind me when 15 days had elapsed so I would not overdose on treatment. LOL as if I would not be counting the days ....Just finished my prescribed two week treatment and my face feels like it’s covered with ants and no see’ms! The social side effects are part of it. People definitely don’t want to make eye contact. It’s weird. “Misery loves company” so I really appreciate your video. Thanks man!
Holy crap! I wish you could seriously film my "journey" through this crap! YOUR video made me feel so much better. If that is possible at this point. I am on day 4 and holy hell this is crazy!
Charlene Alldredge Totally happy when I hear that someone that's going through it got something out of it. Good news is it'll be over before ya know it and you'll forget how horrifying it was! But take pics and vid because they will crack you up later =)
Hi there, I'm from the UK and just about to start my journey with this horrendous looking treatment, can I ask you how your journey was and did it have the same happy ending for you as it did for the guy that made this video ? Thanks in advance.
Hi Ray, I’m on my 14th day and pretty sore just doing my face right now, thanks so much for your video it cheered me up...also loved your Katy Perry vid...lift the spirits x
Thank you for a not only an informative, but a fun video. I just started eff-you yesterday on my chest. I loved that you started the video with the Sunscreen song. So perfect. And hey, who doesn't like watching a guy sing to himself in the bathroom mirror!
Well I live in the UK and I have a mark on my leg, the doctor proscribed the exact same cream. I paid £9.40($12.48 USD) at the Chemist(Pharmacy), that's the NHS you Americans think is communism! We call it looking after each other.
Hi Ray, I just got the cream today for some scaly/rough areas on my cheeks. Your video was very informative and scary at the same time. I am supposed to apply the cream twice a day for 6 weeks. The only questions I have are: are you allowed to wash your face, shave or get it wet in the shower in the morning before applying the cream. Also, if you were treating the forehead how did it get to the rest of your face? Did you apply it everywhere? Thanks for any info you can give. Oh yeah, the price. I see from your post and others that it can cost 200 -250 dollars. In Canada in 2020 the tube costs 55 dollars but my private medical insurance brought that down to 16 dollars. At least I will be treating it during the covid pandemic so my face mask will hide a lot of the redness if it spreads.
Loved, loved, loved this video. Very creative. And scary. This is day 9 of my treatment, and I'm not seeing any effects yet. But my cancer spots are on my arms.
Aw, nice of you to write - not just a pretty face! I looked to be about exactly where you were on Day 14, so decided to stop. My GP (rather than a dermatologist -- mistake!) prescribed 4 weeks, and he wasn't interested in checking to see how I was progressing. Given that my face was peeling off at 2 weeks, 4 seemed a bit much. So we'll see -- I can always (shudder) do it again! Besides, Italy in October -- gotta look, well, not like this!
I've got a friend who put some on his shoulders. Thereafter we were golfing and he was carrying his bag over this shoulders....said it was getting pretty uncomfortable. Oh well, just have to learn some things by experience.
Thank You! I'm a musician (A FEMALE MUSICIAN .. HELLO!?!?) who is having to go through this and I'm better prepared thanks to this. You rock! Go forth and be an amazing Movie Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Costume Designer/Gaffer ... hey, they;'re all jobs that have Union Bene's to where you'd never have to pay for Efudex if you needed it again. WORD!
Gt vid ! Phew don't have to go further on searching now. Can you recall if you just kept using Efudex on that one little place on your crown as the lesions became visible in other parts of your face or if you put it on more generally as the lesions arose? My own first attempt I started v v thin on obvious patch of eczema-like bit of forehead as directed by dermatologist and clearly Efudex spreads itself, so in a few days I was a Trill (Treckys told me) and used the cream on all the bits that came up (all on forehead). Then another dermatologist said it doesn't work on problem-free skin so OK to try it on suspicious bits ..... trying it now - another 'trip down F U Dex Lane' in which the lesions appear to be getting better after peaking but not blistering, so now researching if am at place to stop yet or not - different people's skin will react differently after all and your vid v v useful on that - so many thanks. (yes could go to Dr but you see different one each time here and long waits before specialist and get impression none have seen anyone actually on a day-by-day basis to really know about this specifically).
Was it not possible to just wait until a pre cancer cell pops up and then just have that biopsied and if its just pre cancer have it frozen off I guess you must have had a ton of pre cancer cells and this was the best because the biopsy leaves a small scar for a few weeks I had to use The 5-FU on my head and upper chest and shoulders front and back I had to do it for 14 days my body looked like i was in a fire used up the entire tube.I only used the aquafor after the 14 days was over I . But I did not do it on my neck enough and I just had a basal cell Carcinoma removed on my right side of my neck got 7 stitches on a 2 inch long incision I don't think the scar will be that bad this was my ninth Basal cell surgically removed . Your a very brave man to go through all that pain and to go out in public must have been rough thanks for your video .
M8, thanks so much for this. I'm on day 3, so still swimming in De Nile. I know worse is coming -- I'm going to try and emulate your humour and strength!
Awesome video dude! I laughed. I cried. I danced. -not really, but I'm glad I watched till the end. Loved it. You're talented! I'm on day 4. :/ Remember the anxiety ridden night in American Werewolf in London? That's me. I see a bad moon rising...
lol, well at least ya know what you're in for! Only made this cuz at the time I couldn't find anything but pics online. Looks like you should be on about day 11 or 12 now? As much as it sucks it feels great to get through it and know it's taken care of. Good luck Kevin!
lol, when youre face starts lookin as jacked up as mine did all I could do was laugh. And the pay off is that I'm a pretty average lookin dude, but felt like a frikkin model once all the ugly pealed off! Good luck man, watch it again if ya need a reminder to laugh ;)
Underground Planet yeah, I am expecting to look pretty jacked up. Not gonna be pretty. Hopefully my first week goes as uneventfully as I have been reading. 2nd week sounds like a big ol' bitch.
I just bought this same cream in New Zealand and it was like $30 or less... What is wrong with America that everyone is so over charged for their medicines?
I AGREE they screw us here, pharmaceuticals think we're all rich or something.... It's pathetic.... That's why people shop internationally. I buy Rescue Remedy by Bach's here in America you have to pay 13-15.00 & up for 2oz. bottle...Went online I got 12 bottles of Rescue Remedy for 45.00. Thank You UK. Rescue Remedy is a natural way to reduce stress. We all love it. It get's rid of the stress chemicals you make in your body by counter-acting them with rescue remedy. You end up able to relax and take a nap.....
Do you about curadermbec5? If you feel like it please google and maybe respond with what you think. Thanks. Effudex and mobs surgery scares me. I'm in second week of curadermbec5.
Great Video! I get to go through this twice yearly. For the rest of my life. Yeah!!!! Currently on day 11 (of 14) on my, oh hell, 7th time on my scalp (at least) and second on my entire face. After about the 4th episode on my scalp I am down to just a couple small spots. Forgot to say I was (probably still am....) dumb as hell in my youth and abused the sun. So I am paying for it in my retirement :=) So to you newbies, the worst time is the first application - it gets easier after that. Unfortunately, due entirely to my wayward youth (why oh WHY did I think it was fashionable to come to work with "racoon eyes" after a weekend of skiing; every weekend; for thirty years?????) EVERYWHERE I put this stuff reacts viciously. You play, you pay.....so everyone I know asks "What's it feel like?" cuz it REALLY looks bad! Here's my take: imagine the worst sunburn you have ever had. Rub the blisters off with steel wool. Next take some turpentine and 40-grit sandpaper and get all that nasty skin off! Finally apply gasoline liberally and set the whole mess on fire. Yes REALLY! - which leads to the purpose of this long-winded message: How the HELL did you not touch your face for two weeks?????? Better man than I gunga din. I use my wife's hair brush (baldy here) to scratch. Yup, it works!
Ok- day 13 for me. I was thinking the worst was over then I watched your vid. Shoot! Glad I watched it till the end your mirror dancing was hot and made me giggle. Even though it made the itch worse, thanks for the laugh.
how did you go, Im just starting my treatment now. Another Aussie paying for all the good times in the sun. (with irish skin), like to know your results, cheers.
Yeah. I did just watch a guy talk to himself in his bathroom for 12 minutes. Worse yet...I laughed so hard I nearly broke my face open (skins a bit tight from 5 FUs... maybe I should give a few less FUs...)
LOL....I am on my second day....OMG ...Im scared. Gonna make sure to get the Bag Balm....lol. Oh Lordy, I dread this. Love the video in the video by the way.
I have had skin cancer that is alot worst than yours. I use Efudex here and there, I mostly have them removed by surgery. I have had hundreds removed do far. But after seeing your video and Babygrl34's, I think I am going to try the Efudex on my face, arms neck .... Hell all over!! Thanks for the great video.. It was really great............... good job
Thanks for the video... I had to use it on the bridge of my nose. It's awesome looking. 😄 Day 16 for me. You can either laugh or cry... like you I choose to laugh at everything.
I'm supposed to be doing this on my hands my arms and my fingers I don't see how I can go to work I use my hands I'm in chemicals and water everyday I just can't do it. I think I'll pass. By the way. Love your personality. 👍 I think we'd get along famously.
My Dr. gave me a whole large tube of this at a discount rate of 90.00 with a coupon she gave me and low & behold went to the pharmacy and she only charged me 8.00 WHAT!!! did she get this wrong? I wasn't gonna ask. But now I'm afraid to use it. Who has 3 wks to hide out in a cave until this treatment is done? I'm scarred :) no pun intended... yes spooky and freaked out.... My bumps are on my chest in the middle I guess I can start there huh? I dunno maybe I'll just stick with my bumps.... Got a tube of this stuff for 200.00 any takers.... LOL
thanks for the video. this looks awful, and sounds awful. I'm about to start 1 x 30 day application to my hands and forearms. Thank God I don't have to put it on my face!!! I hope you are better now :)
+tracy walker Had to "lol" on that one! Yes you are thanking God!!! Though as horrible as it looked obviously I made it through and by and large it looked much worse than it was, but glad to hear they caught it and you're getting it taken care of! Good luck! =)
I want you to know how much your video means to me. Thursday was day 20 for me, and when my dermatologist told me to stop, I had an instant feeling of happiness. Well, Mr. Underground Planet, my joy was premature. Today is day 23 for me, and the pain, itching, burning and redness have become even more intense. I was beginning to worry that I was doing something wrong, but when I saw your video (and robert Brown's and captmoonbeam's videos), I realized that y'all have experienced the same reality. Your videos, and those of so many others, have given me a confident expectation that within a week or so, my suffering will have eased considerably. Thanks from an extremely grateful youtuber.
Hi Ray. I'm currently on day 13 of 35 and feelin' it. Just wanted to say that you are awesome in this vid. I trolled the net looking for info before I started and you are by far the most entertaining and uplifting dude out there. Every time I'm about to rip my face off, I come here for a giggle and a dance. THANK YOU!!!
Hubby is starting treatment tomorrow - as if he needed one more thing to stress him out. Your video has at least prepared him - with a sense of humor - THANK YOU!!! And glad you're so well healed. I can only hope hubby heals as well.
@Gravity501 lol, sorry for the itches, just thought I wanted to end it on a happy note! Congrats on day 13, the nice thing is that once it's all healed up you almost forget how miserable you were ... unless you make a video and rewatch it a year later! Good luck with the rest of it, youre almost there. =)
Nice to see someone making light of a very serious journey. I just finished 4 weeks and also looked at all those videos and was very freaked out ... but pushed through. Hopefully, we are on the other side of the worry. Thank you!
Oh my god. I'm sitting here with my tube of Efudix...I can't do it. Im terrified! I put one one application last night and was about to apply it again... I can't do it! Thank you so so much for documenting this. I wish I had one month to be inside and deal with the effects of this but I'm a yoga teacher and I honastly don't know if I'll be able to look at people looking back at me. I'm afraid of the pain and I'm so grateful to you for allwoing us all in to witness the depth of your experience. Your end result was fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration.
Victoria Kromhout you got this!! I’m on day 3 😬 and I’m nervous yet excited! 💪🏻.
Thanks for sharing. I just started my recovery phase, lots of stinging but have high hopes its worth it. Efudex tube $53.00, $8.00 Canadian with my Blue Cross coverage. Three biopsies, all no charge. Thank goodness for Canadian Health care!!
Haha, great vid which made my day.- we could be head twins!! I am at day 18 for 2 lesions on my back and shoulder where I have applied spot treatment as I wanted to see how it reacted before putting on my face. Yuk - so now at day 4 on my face which at the minute just feels like a mild sunburn which to be fair, I’m pretty used to! Really inspired by you and makes me want to see it through. I’ve been applying where I think I need it but may now go all over as the F U Dix spreads anyway. I’m a bit freaked as work in open plan office and consul with clients. Loved the song at the end - congrats on your treatment.
Hi there Ray, Deke here! I just started on that evil stuff a week ago & OMG! Yes...you nailed it Bud!!! Thank you for taking the time and making the effort(s) to create & publish this vid. Great job, thanks again...AND AND your karaoke-ish mouthing of the words to that song was awesome & quite entertaining. A worthwhile "12 minutes", following an informative fear reducing education. Thx again Ray ;-) Best of luck in your future endeavors!
My cousin is going through this treatment, and your video is really helping his morale.
Hahaha great humour, I'm watching this in the future ( 2024 ) from when your video was put out in the past. Brilliant ending with a great result by the looks of things. I'm about to start this treatment in a few days time quite reluctantly, thanks for putting this out it makes me feel better.
Thanks so much for this video. I just put my first application on my face an hour ago. Pretty scared, but you helped me by showing and telling what you went through. Cannot thank you enough. Thank God that I have a partner that will help me be comfortable as a recluse for the next month. I could never go out of the house looking like I had a bad case of facial herpes. Take Care.
I have been dealing with skin cancer and actinic keratosis for 4 years .I am only on my second day, and it already burns like hell. I have always loved the sun and tanned in tanning beds. NOT ANYMORE! Your video took alot of courage to share with the world, it was very uplifting to find humor in this horrible hard time,, I hope you are doing well, thanks Ray, Karen Edgy
Happy to report I'm back to my normal ugly, which going through something like this makes you feel like a frikkin swan afterwards cuz one realizes just how ugly one can be! Though I have no proof, I'm pretty sure mine was a combo of tanning beds and a long summer with a friend with a boat. Sorry ya gotta go through it and sorry you're so near the beginning, not sure how many days they got ya on but how ever long it is stick with it. I've known people to get a couple weeks in and give up which is just crazy to me. Once this skin starts getting jacked up looking it's not going to heal overnight so suck it up and get the benefit. But at least ya know what's coming, embrace the ugly, it's temporary and hilarious in retrospect ;)
Underground Planet I’m on day 3 but I’m excited to get it done & over-thanks for your encouragement 🙏🏻
Ray, you totally inspired me to help others! Thanks for the humor!🤣🤣🤣
I WAS ROCKED BY THIS SH*T!
Soft Hugs-Tina
P.s. I hope you are cancer free!!❤
Fantastic...especially the last 3 miins.
Been there,shared your pain and tortured soul!
Thanks Ray.
Love to hear your views and experiences since,
now in 2018. C.J
dude, your a force !!! i loved the video, dont be so hard on your self, your face was melting!!! your an inspiration. that was some of the toughest shit i have ever seen. and that which does not kill you slowly...will only make you stronger and piss you off. well done man. steve
Thank you... I am on day 13 and I want to jump out of a window. I was a lifeguard and landscaper for years and now I am paying the price. Your video helped and cheered me up as I am a shut in from the world for the next couple of weeks. I hope to be back to "normal" by mid April for a weekend in Vegas. Thank you again. Your very brave to video your experience. P.S. I live your Katy Perry!!!
Ha, thanks Christopher, no getting around the wanting to crawl out of your own skin aspect. But it really did get to the point where I hadta laugh looking in the mirror, especially those moments where ya catch yourself off guard and had forgotten it was there. At least that happened to me a couple times where I'd catch a glance and scare the sh*t outta myself for a blink =)
Starting treatment today! Thanks for the video encouragement 'cuz I'm not looking forward to this AT ALL! I appreciate the candid talk about how it looks after stopping the treatment, bucause, you're right, I would be pretty pissed if I saw that I was looking worse instead of better. Glad to see your face looking normal afterward.
Thanks, again!
You’re the man, Ray. I’m starting this treatment and I’m very scared. Your video made me laugh and settled me down a bit. It will be all over my chest so I’m spending the evening picturing what I’ll look like for several weeks. I’ll be wearing cotton turtlenecks for a while. I hope I can be as optimistic as you, and just half as brave would be great. Thanks for what you do.
You legend!!! now on day 17 and your video put the biggest smile on my dial !!! Thanks man !!
Holy crap, In Australia that same cream is about $30 USD.
60 dollars canadian and not generic. I don't know why american's put up with what they are billed for medications.
I appreciate that you made one progressive video and didn't make us hunt down 30 or more video updates.
Ha! Having watched tons of those type of videos on other subjects I know exactly what you mean. I began this on Vimeo which allows one to swap out videos so I could add some and update it as I went, it wasn't till it was over that I posted it here as UA-cam doesn't have that functionality. Appreciate your appreciation! =)
Thanks for your honesty and good humour. This is inspirational for others, like myself, who are going through the treatment. Great to see the healed result and good to balance that with how your skin carried on reacting for a while after treatment.
How long before it started to get back to normal after treatment?
my doc said they must prescribe fluorouracil 100 times a week.....it's so scary and really tells you about running around in regular life stuff...never take life for granted....I need to be living in Ireland instead of Florida..here its $400.00/ ins: $75.00...
Lordy, this looks like a horrible way to get healthy clean skin!!! I am on Day 9 so just starting the visible "face on fire" stage, that I suppose gets worse through Day 30-33 as I have to do the application 2 x Day for 21 days. There has to be some sadistic pleasure every time a Doc writes a scrip for Efudex.
Well, just. started. Time to face, (no pun intended) yet another demon. Thanks to your video I realize I've already been through much tougher trials. All things being equal, I intend to send you another post on the other side with these 5 simple words, "Is that all you got?". Bring it.
I am doing it for the fourth time. Lots of sun damage. But it is working because the red areas keep getting smaller. Over time the redness will be gone.
Very informative AND entertaining vid Ray!. Much appreciated. This will be my 2nd round after a 2 year hiatus. The cream did work the first time but precancerous stuff has returned. I’m paying the piper for all that fun in the sun BUT skin cancer, which I’ve had, must be taken seriously. Your music vid’s a hoot!✌🏻
It says on the leaflet that comes with the cream that it can cause hair loss. I confirmed this with a pharmacist. Has anyone who used this had hair loss from their head?
@yyzgwm Keep your head up! Honestly as miserable as it is once it's over its one less thing to worry about, you forgot just how bad it gets and looking back on it just becomes surreal. Keep me posted!
At first I set my phone to remind me when 15 days had elapsed so I would not overdose on treatment. LOL as if I would not be counting the days ....Just finished my prescribed two week treatment and my face feels like it’s covered with ants and no see’ms! The social side effects are part of it. People definitely don’t want to make eye contact. It’s weird. “Misery loves company” so I really appreciate your video. Thanks man!
Holy crap! I wish you could seriously film my "journey" through this crap! YOUR video made me feel so much better. If that is possible at this point. I am on day 4 and holy hell this is crazy!
Charlene Alldredge Totally happy when I hear that someone that's going through it got something out of it. Good news is it'll be over before ya know it and you'll forget how horrifying it was! But take pics and vid because they will crack you up later =)
Hi there, I'm from the UK and just about to start my journey with this horrendous looking treatment, can I ask you how your journey was and did it have the same happy ending for you as it did for the guy that made this video ? Thanks in advance.
Hi Ray, I’m on my 14th day and pretty sore just doing my face right now, thanks so much for your video it cheered me up...also loved your Katy Perry vid...lift the spirits x
I am going to start my first day, today. I'm worried. I want to wear a mask to work. I dread this.
You look 20 years younger
Ray, thanks. I've put off applying it to my arms for 24 hrs. Great video. Nice music.
Thank you for a not only an informative, but a fun video. I just started eff-you yesterday on my chest. I loved that you started the video with the Sunscreen song. So perfect. And hey, who doesn't like watching a guy sing to himself in the bathroom mirror!
Well I live in the UK and I have a mark on my leg, the doctor proscribed the exact same cream. I paid £9.40($12.48 USD) at the Chemist(Pharmacy), that's the NHS you Americans think is communism! We call it looking after each other.
Thanks for the entertainment.......and the nightmares as I begin a journey into Efudex abyss.
Hi Ray, I just got the cream today for some scaly/rough areas on my cheeks. Your video was very informative and scary at the same time. I am supposed to apply the cream twice a day for 6 weeks. The only questions I have are: are you allowed to wash your face, shave or get it wet in the shower in the morning before applying the cream. Also, if you were treating the forehead how did it get to the rest of your face? Did you apply it everywhere? Thanks for any info you can give. Oh yeah, the price. I see from your post and others that it can cost 200 -250 dollars. In Canada in 2020 the tube costs 55 dollars but my private medical insurance brought that down to 16 dollars. At least I will be treating it during the covid pandemic so my face mask will hide a lot of the redness if it spreads.
Great ! Thanks! So long ago!!😂 was desperate to know how many days till skin was presentable?? Wondering if ill be finished be xmas...😮
Loved, loved, loved this video. Very creative. And scary. This is day 9 of my treatment, and I'm not seeing any effects yet. But my cancer spots are on my arms.
I paid $62 dollars for the same amount of generic flourouracil last week. At CVX.
Thanks for sharing your experience
Any headaches during treatment?
Aw, nice of you to write - not just a pretty face! I looked to be about exactly where you were on Day 14, so decided to stop. My GP (rather than a dermatologist -- mistake!) prescribed 4 weeks, and he wasn't interested in checking to see how I was progressing. Given that my face was peeling off at 2 weeks, 4 seemed a bit much. So we'll see -- I can always (shudder) do it again! Besides, Italy in October -- gotta look, well, not like this!
Best video on this i have seen! You’re very entertaining! I’m on day 9 so only 5 to go - hasn’t been bad so far. Thankfully i have makeup!
The directions say not to use makeup.
So how long from day of last treatment until you were healed? Like comfortable going back into the public? lol.
this is HYSTERICAL! LOVE IT! mine came in the mail today.
I’m on day 3 and nothing seems to be happening yet? Is that normal?
checked out your vid again, two years later! Still great. Have you tried it on other areas like arms or legs?
God kow but it wouldn't be as bad as on the face =)
I've got a friend who put some on his shoulders. Thereafter we were golfing and he was carrying his bag over this shoulders....said it was getting pretty uncomfortable. Oh well, just have to learn some things by experience.
Thanks , I'm just starting this treatment... you've got a good sense of humour , hope i can be the same.
Loved your music video!! Great video-I’m starting Fluorouracil cream 😬. Thanks for the encouragement!!
Thank You! I'm a musician (A FEMALE MUSICIAN .. HELLO!?!?) who is having to go through this and I'm better prepared thanks to this. You rock! Go forth and be an amazing Movie Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Costume Designer/Gaffer ... hey, they;'re all jobs that have Union Bene's to where you'd never have to pay for Efudex if you needed it again. WORD!
Gt vid ! Phew don't have to go further on searching now. Can you recall if you just kept using Efudex on that one little place on your crown as the lesions became visible in other parts of your face or if you put it on more generally as the lesions arose? My own first attempt I started v v thin on obvious patch of eczema-like bit of forehead as directed by dermatologist and clearly Efudex spreads itself, so in a few days I was a Trill (Treckys told me) and used the cream on all the bits that came up (all on forehead). Then another dermatologist said it doesn't work on problem-free skin so OK to try it on suspicious bits ..... trying it now - another 'trip down F U Dex Lane' in which the lesions appear to be getting better after peaking but not blistering, so now researching if am at place to stop yet or not - different people's skin will react differently after all and your vid v v useful on that - so many thanks. (yes could go to Dr but you see different one each time here and long waits before specialist and get impression none have seen anyone actually on a day-by-day basis to really know about this specifically).
I didn't realize it gets worse after the last treatment. Now I'm depressed. How long after your last treatment did you fully heal?
Did anybody ever tell you that you sound just like Katy Perry? It's uncanny.
Was it not possible to just wait until a pre cancer cell pops up and then just have that biopsied and if its just pre cancer have it frozen off I guess you must have had a ton of pre cancer cells and this was the best because the biopsy leaves a small scar for a few weeks I had to use The 5-FU on my head and upper chest and shoulders front and back I had to do it for 14 days my body looked like i was in a fire used up the entire tube.I only used the aquafor after the 14 days was over I
. But I did not do it on my neck enough and I just had a basal cell Carcinoma removed on my right side of my neck got 7 stitches on a 2 inch long incision I don't think the scar will be that bad this was my ninth Basal cell surgically removed . Your a very brave man to go through all that pain and to go out in public must have been rough thanks for your video .
It hurts like **** but it works. i've just had 4 weeks of it.
M8, thanks so much for this. I'm on day 3, so still swimming in De Nile. I know worse is coming -- I'm going to try and emulate your humour and strength!
Awesome video dude! I laughed. I cried. I danced. -not really, but I'm glad I watched till the end. Loved it. You're talented! I'm on day 4. :/
Remember the anxiety ridden night in American Werewolf in London? That's me. I see a bad moon rising...
lol, well at least ya know what you're in for! Only made this cuz at the time I couldn't find anything but pics online. Looks like you should be on about day 11 or 12 now? As much as it sucks it feels great to get through it and know it's taken care of. Good luck Kevin!
I was prescribed 2 x a day for 10 days but gave me 2 refills of Fluorouracil does that mean it could last longer than a month? I'm scared too.
you should try blood root i did 4 spots and now im going to get some of this as it seems easier
How long before you looked good? How long after was the last part made?
Great closing of the video🤩
I'm on day 11, thanks for the humor, oh yeah appreciate the ending, nice to know that I won't be permanently red
Good on you for the great attitude on this treatment. I start mine next week.
lol, when youre face starts lookin as jacked up as mine did all I could do was laugh. And the pay off is that I'm a pretty average lookin dude, but felt like a frikkin model once all the ugly pealed off! Good luck man, watch it again if ya need a reminder to laugh ;)
Underground Planet yeah, I am expecting to look pretty jacked up. Not gonna be pretty. Hopefully my first week goes as uneventfully as I have been reading. 2nd week sounds like a big ol' bitch.
My derm had me use it for SIX weeks! Wonder why 😫. Great video!!!
I just bought this same cream in New Zealand and it was like $30 or less... What is wrong with America that everyone is so over charged for their medicines?
I AGREE they screw us here, pharmaceuticals think we're all rich or something.... It's pathetic.... That's why people shop internationally. I buy Rescue Remedy by Bach's here in America you have to pay 13-15.00 & up for 2oz. bottle...Went online I got 12 bottles of Rescue Remedy for 45.00. Thank You UK. Rescue Remedy is a natural way to reduce stress. We all love it. It get's rid of the stress chemicals you make in your body by counter-acting them with rescue remedy. You end up able to relax and take a nap.....
I'm doing this treatment now...appreciate your video...thanks!!!
Question...what is the brand of your eyeglasses?...I really like them
Thanks and good luck with the treatment! The glasses, or at least the frames, are Giorgio Armani.
Underground Planet
Thank you!!!
Do you about curadermbec5? If you feel like it please google and maybe respond with what you think. Thanks. Effudex and mobs surgery scares me. I'm in second week of curadermbec5.
Thank you for sharing with us!!
Great Video! I get to go through this twice yearly. For the rest of my life. Yeah!!!! Currently on day 11 (of 14) on my, oh hell, 7th time on my scalp (at least) and second on my entire face. After about the 4th episode on my scalp I am down to just a couple small spots. Forgot to say I was (probably still am....) dumb as hell in my youth and abused the sun. So I am paying for it in my retirement :=) So to you newbies, the worst time is the first application - it gets easier after that. Unfortunately, due entirely to my wayward youth (why oh WHY did I think it was fashionable to come to work with "racoon eyes" after a weekend of skiing; every weekend; for thirty years?????) EVERYWHERE I put this stuff reacts viciously. You play, you pay.....so everyone I know asks "What's it feel like?" cuz it REALLY looks bad! Here's my take: imagine the worst sunburn you have ever had. Rub the blisters off with steel wool. Next take some turpentine and 40-grit sandpaper and get all that nasty skin off! Finally apply gasoline liberally and set the whole mess on fire. Yes REALLY! - which leads to the purpose of this long-winded message: How the HELL did you not touch your face for two weeks?????? Better man than I gunga din. I use my wife's hair brush (baldy here) to scratch. Yup, it works!
In 2019 I just paid $250 for the same size tube of it. US.
Doing efudex for three rectal lesions..thanks but this scared me..lol..hope you are fine now.
Thanks for doing this! You're pretty funny. I am going through this now.
very funny and informative. you da man! I'm on day 5 of scalp-nothing much yet
Oh great! I am one week in, and thought I was doing great. You have great teeth
Ok- day 13 for me. I was thinking the worst was over then I watched your vid. Shoot! Glad I watched it till the end your mirror dancing was hot and made me giggle. Even though it made the itch worse, thanks for the laugh.
Thank you for your information!!! Great👍
Thank you for sharing.. I am on day 15.. It totally sucks, but you gotta do what you gotta do... Cheers from Australia..
how did you go, Im just starting my treatment now. Another Aussie paying for all the good times in the sun. (with irish skin), like to know your results, cheers.
You are my hero.
thank you I'm two days after the treatment on my face and yes it's the worst, I loed your video thank you
Loved the video. I'm on day 12.
Yeah. I did just watch a guy talk to himself in his bathroom for 12 minutes. Worse yet...I laughed so hard I nearly broke my face open (skins a bit tight from 5 FUs... maybe I should give a few less FUs...)
LOL....I am on my second day....OMG ...Im scared. Gonna make sure to get the Bag Balm....lol. Oh Lordy, I dread this. Love the video in the video by the way.
1122kiwi how’d it go? I’m on day 3 😬
Awesome vid ! Just starting to bob for nuggets in a fryer as well!
I have had skin cancer that is alot worst than yours. I use Efudex here and there, I mostly have them removed by surgery. I have had hundreds removed do far. But after seeing your video and Babygrl34's, I think I am going to try the Efudex on my face, arms neck .... Hell all over!! Thanks for the great video.. It was really great............... good job
Thanks for the video... I had to use it on the bridge of my nose. It's awesome looking. 😄 Day 16 for me.
You can either laugh or cry... like you I choose to laugh at everything.
I loved this video, Good info and fun too.!
@272surfing lol, anytime any time and huge congrats to you!
day 54...........the pizza face is gone, it was worth it....
thanks Undergroundplanet.
Day 54... S--T. That is TOO LONG!
Thank you for the video; I’m on day 8 of 14. You at least kept some humor in it!!
I had trouble finding the thread, here is a link www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,55188,0.htm
I'm supposed to be doing this on my hands my arms and my fingers I don't see how I can go to work I use my hands I'm in chemicals and water everyday I just can't do it. I think I'll pass. By the way. Love your personality. 👍 I think we'd get along famously.
This guy's got oinions!
My Dr. gave me a whole large tube of this at a discount rate of 90.00 with a coupon she gave me and low & behold went to the pharmacy and she only charged me 8.00 WHAT!!! did she get this wrong? I wasn't gonna ask. But now I'm afraid to use it. Who has 3 wks to hide out in a cave until this treatment is done? I'm scarred :) no pun intended... yes spooky and freaked out.... My bumps are on my chest in the middle I guess I can start there huh? I dunno maybe I'll just stick with my bumps.... Got a tube of this stuff for 200.00 any takers.... LOL
thanks for the video. this looks awful, and sounds awful. I'm about to start 1 x 30 day application to my hands and forearms. Thank God I don't have to put it on my face!!! I hope you are better now :)
+tracy walker Had to "lol" on that one! Yes you are thanking God!!! Though as horrible as it looked obviously I made it through and by and large it looked much worse than it was, but glad to hear they caught it and you're getting it taken care of! Good luck! =)
Day 5, not bad at all. I'll check in again at day 25 :) Thank you!
use clear zinc oxide from now on even though I used other sunscreen.....O.O
your look fantastic.