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Today kicks off Skin Cancer Awareness month, a month dedicated to increasing public awareness of the importance of skin cancer prevention, early detection, and the treatment of all types of skin cancer. I had to cancel my biannual full-body check with my dermatologist in early November due to a last minute trip out of […]
Happy Skin Cancer Awareness Month! To celebrate, I visited my dermatologist for my twice-yearly skin check today. I have a great dermatologist. He’s funny and we laugh the entire time I’m in his office, but far more importantly, he’s extremely thorough. Today he spent thirty minutes checking and double checking my skin. I know my […]
This morning’s TKO Melanoma 5K was a ton of fun; well, except for while I was running which was hard work! This second annual race was in memory of Theresa O’Conner, a loving wife and mom, who lost her battle with melanoma in 2012. Running this race yearly and spreading the word about melanoma is […]
WARNING Graphic Picture Near End Of Post A flat brown spot showed up on my leg about ten years ago and I dismissed it as an early age spot. The next time I saw my dermatologist, Dr. Ha, I had him take a look at it. It seemed benign and he wasn’t concerned at the […]
It all started when I was about sixteen years old… I wanted a beautiful golden tan instead of my pasty white skin. I decided to take care of the problem one Sunday afternoon. I put on my bikini, grabbed a beach towel, a kitchen timer, and headed out into our back yard for a boring […]
As you all know by now, bringing awareness to skin cancer is something that I am very passionate about, and since May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month I have several related posts planned for next month. Last year I ran in the TKO Melanoma 5K, and as always, wrote a race recap about my experience. […]
Twice a year I visit my dermatologist… Well actually it’s usually four times a year because I almost always have to go back and get a basal cell removed after my doctor calls with my biopsy results. You see, I’ve had one melanoma and 43 basal cell carcinomas removed in the last 15 years. Today […]
