Melanoma Awareness Month - Beyond Tiki

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10872	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Apr 30, 2013 9:31 PM It’s Melanoma Awareness Month again. Time for your annual reminder to wear high SPF sunscreen and cover up as well as possible. Most importantly, teach your children and grandchildren to do the same ~ there is no such thing as a healthy tan! Watch your skin for things that don’t look right and see a dermatologist on a regular basis. I went today and my dermatologist burned about 30 places on my face and neck because I didn’t cover up for the first 50 years of my life. It’s been a little over a year and a half since I lost my wife to Melanoma. I am doing OK, I’m dating a beautiful and wonderful woman who puts a thick cover of happiness over my sadness. But I would give everything I own to not have lost my Leslie to such a preventable disease. The sun is NOT your friend!

It’s Melanoma Awareness Month again. Time for your annual reminder to wear high SPF sunscreen and cover up as well as possible. Most importantly, teach your children and grandchildren to do the same ~ there is no such thing as a healthy tan! Watch your skin for things that don’t look right and see a dermatologist on a regular basis. I went today and my dermatologist burned about 30 places on my face and neck because I didn’t cover up for the first 50 years of my life.

It’s been a little over a year and a half since I lost my wife to Melanoma. I am doing OK, I’m dating a beautiful and wonderful woman who puts a thick cover of happiness over my sadness. But I would give everything I own to not have lost my Leslie to such a preventable disease. The sun is NOT your friend!

Post #676180 by MadDogMike on Tue, Apr 30, 2013 9:31 PM