About a month ago, I made an appointment for P to go to the dermatologist. He’d been complaining about two itchy spots on the back of his neck and I was a little concerned about the amount of hydrocortisone he was going through every month. It’s not like that stuff grows on little hydrocortisone trees in our backyard.
There was no doubt in my mind that P probably had some sun damage. All you have to do is look at the color of his feet to know that God intended him to be a fair-skinned person; they are practically translucent. But he is an outdoorsman who lives in South Texas with an occupation that requires him to be outside about 98% of the time. Plus, we are from a generation that never wore sunscreen when we were kids unless it was the white zinc oxide across our noses, but that was more about looking cool than being sensible.
The night before the appointment I told him he needed to make sure the doctor did a full check of all his moles, especially one on his neck that looked a little suspicious to my untrained, but highly paranoid eye. Something about it just didn’t look right and it certainly didn’t help that it might have growled at me one time when I got a little too close.
The doctor looked him over and explained that the itchy spots were just spots that are sensitive to the sun. They see the sun and start to cry and complain that the sun is hurting their feelings, then they get all dramatic and itchy. The bottom line is that they are similar to a needy friend, harmless yet mildly annoying.
However, she looked at the mole on his neck and decided to send it off for a biopsy because it was giving her the evil eye. P came home with a little band-aid and a few comments about how I always send him off to get all sliced up. Which yes, yes I do. What else am I supposed to do for entertainment? It’s not like summer television has that much to offer. I just told him that I’m trying to ensure he sticks around as long as possible because if something happens to him there is no way I’ll ever get that radiant barrier paint in my attic, not to mention that I’d be stuck with a surplus of Columbia fishing shirts and a lifetime supply of Japanese bread crumbs.
Anyway, it didn’t seem so funny when the doctor’s office called on Friday to let him know that the mole had tested positive for basal cell carcinoma. It turns out that it’s the most common form of skin cancer and easily treatable, but you know what word you don’t want to hear about someone you adore and share a child and a mortgage with? Cancer.
He went back to the doctor yesterday to get the rest of it cut out and sent off for another biopsy to make sure they got it all. She reassured him that it is very slow growing and there is no need to worry, he just needs to keep an eye out for anything else that looks suspicious and come back in six months for a check-up.
In the meantime, I have become a little bit of a sunscreen zealot and purchased enough Neutrogena Helioplex SPF 100 to protect our entire neighborhood. Later today I’m going shopping to find P his very own version of an urban sombrero to wear while he’s working outside and perhaps to use as a chip and dip tray in its spare time.
After his appointment he came back home and just sat around the rest of the afternoon since they’d told him he couldn’t take a shower tonight and that pretty much ruled out going outside for more than two minutes. He said he wasn’t sore but I kept telling him he needed to take some Advil in preparation for when the local anesthetic wore off. I informed him that I speak from the voice of experience because when I was a freshman in college I discovered that I had a mole in my belly button.
(Apparently I spent a lot of time navel-gazing. Also, do you still call it a belly button when you’re on the downhill slide to forty?)
Anyway, the dermatologist sent me to a plastic surgeon to have it removed because it must be common dermatological knowledge that you do not want to mess around with the appearance of your belly button. A disfigured belly button is a dealbreaker.
My mom was living out of state at the time so my Nanny was the one to take me in for the belly button procedure. I thought I was totally fine until the local anesthetic wore off about 2:00 a.m. and I had to drag myself across the house to my grandmother’s bedroom to tell her I needed something for the pain, preferably morphine. I couldn’t stand up straight for three days. It was horrendous.
I relayed this cautionary tale to P last night after he refused Advil for the thirty-fifth time and he looked at me in stunned silence. I just knew he was admiring my bravery in the face of such tremendous belly button agony. He said, “Are you telling me that your belly button hurt so bad that you had to drag yourself across the house?”
“Yes.”
“I am so embarrassed for you right now.”
That’s easy for him to say. We’ll just wait and see who’s begging me to bring him a bottle of Advil or tequila around 2:00 a.m.
In all seriousness, I’m so thankful that he’s okay.
And don’t forget your sunscreen.
My daughter, The sweetest pea is at the beach, covered in spf 100 sunscreen as I write (well maybe not at 5:21AM but she will be at 8am for sure) she is away from her computer so I am responding for her….Moms are allowed to do that, right?! She has very fair skin….she came here with freckles, which I managed to convince her were okay by telling her they were evidence that the angels kissed her before sending her down to me. Her husband is Mr. Tan Man and he makes Big Fun of her sitting under Big Umbrella at the beach each summer slathering said sun screen on herself and her two chidren. But she did gt a basal cell on her face at age 30….of course said husband says sun screen CAUSES skin cancer (never let your husband see this blog) My husband and his mothr have had one million skin cancers taken off them…so we have a small family history….so keep that guacamole hat on his head (goggle Tillie…its what my husband wears it has sunscreen protection in it)….I love your blog….my daughter turned me on to it!
Finding out something like that is scary-I’m glad his Dr fund it early! My mother has had I think 15 basal cell carcinoma spots removed in two years and she is doing fine-I hope that encourages you!
Will be praying for P! Have had these same things removed on my face twice and also on my leg. Oh, those moles….they are awful!
Thank goodness P is okay. Since I am closer to 40 than you I just slather on the same sunscreen that the kids wear. Baby oil won’t cut it these days.
Will keep P in prayer…and thanks for the reminder/push. I have a hubby who resembles Opie and def. needs to make another trip to the doc to check out some funky looking freckles.
and only *you* could make a story like this entertaining. God bless ya…..you always make me smile.
(still giggling at the “someone you adore and share a child and a mortgage with”…..it’s just you have such a way with words, cracks me up!)
and ps. cute belly buttons ARE dealbreakers, for the most part
My dad had this a couple years ago and is doing great! Pat yourself on the back for sending P to the dermatologist.
I had a little mole that looked a little “puffy” to me, and it turned out to be stage 1 melanoma. Not only am I a sunscreen hog, but I’m a sunscreen snob! I order all kinds of crazy high-end stuff on the internet! I’ve had approximately 4,000 more moles removed (well, maybe a little less than that) since, and I told my husband I’m going to look like I’ve been stitched together like a baseball glove in a few years. Oh well…beats cancer! Glad you made P go! Not only did I make my husband go, but parents, brothers, sister in law, friends, etc.!
I will keep P in my prayers…so glad to hear that he is okay! And from the so-pale-I’m-almost-transluscent-girl that never leaves the house without her hat and lotion, I would like to say, welcome to the club!
go sunscreen! I was diagnosed with stage 1 melanoma two years ago at 32 years old. It is on my face. I now have a three inch scar across my cheek that is very noticeable. However, my boys still have a momma and I am very thankful for that.
I will pray for P that no more moles arise. What a good reminder to care for the skin and bodies God gave us. I’m a translucent girl myself and never leave home without sunscreen.
Glad everything is okay now. I had something similar happen to me also. I had a suspicious mole on my scalp, UNDER my very dark hair. So it was odd, but they took it off and went back and took more after they found is had pre-cancerous cells. Very uncomfortable for two weeks while the three inch cut on my scalp healed!
this same thing happens to my sweetie twice a year…hang in there he’ll be okay. and yes, sunscreen, and sunscreen some more.
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So glad P is okay. Will be praying for a good report. I had to laugh at the shower comment- mine is the same way. Showers BEFORE going outside to mow or something silly like that. Belly button pain sounds similar to C-section pain so I empathize. When my sister had her tubes tied they went in through her belly button & did not put it back like it was. She was very upset her belly button wasn’t cute anymore. It is a hard life being a woman! Have a great day!
As the fair skinned Norwegian who turns instantly pink when the sun shines for 30 seconds–I know the feeling. I had 2 very bad sunburns in my life and am now a religious mole checker. Thank you for your post because it reminded me to make an appointment to have one looked at!
I will also say that the Aveeno Baby sunscreen is really good too. I used that on the 3-day walk last year and it was great!
Wow, that is scary. Especially, as you said, when a child and a mortgage are involved. Yikes!
I find it ironic that I am over 40 and just happened to mention my very own belly button in my post yesterday. Must be some type of telepathic belly button strangeness going on around the internet.
Here’s my limited wisdom on sunscreen- it’s either barrier or chemical. Chemical you have to reapply every couple of hours and unless it’s the zinc oxide that you spread on your skin (and not just your nose) it’s chemical. Husband works for a cosmetics company and did one of those team building things out in the sun. They provided the sunscreen and he came home with the worst sunburn. Did he reapply every 2 hours—- oh, but no. Zinc oxide is there til washed off. A glorious thing. Get a gallon from the dermatologist. It works very, very well. Like wearing a big body hat.
Columbia makes excellent UV protective clothing and we’re lucky enough to have an outlet by us in FL.
Also check out Coolibar.com for more clothing.
Good luck to P! I can sympathize. My dermatologist and I have a very intimate relationship.
Erica
Here’s hoping that Mr. P is alright! Hopefully the dr. caught it early enough that all will be okay. My baby brother had a basal cell carcinoma patch/mole/spot on his leg around the time he was 18. It was near his ankle, which I suspect he didn’t lather up with sunscreen when he was outdoors playing golf because it was just close enough to not be in his shoe. Fortunately the dr. caught it in time and he is a-ok. Our mom sent him off to be sliced up too
I get heatstroke if I sit too close to a lamp, so I tend to just stay out of the sun. Which is why my skin is nearly translucent. Would I like a coppery glow? YES. But my skin doesn’t do that. I burn, the burn goes away to reveal white. So I gave up long ago.
I’m guessing that “easily treatable” doesn’t really make the word “cancer” feel a whole lot better. So I hope they got it all, and it’s done! Bring on the zinc oxide.
Melanie … there it is! I thought I read this last night… and then poof it was gone (most likely editing).
I was worried I had developed a new gift — blog-apathy (sort of like telepathy but only for blogs).
Okay, that was lame. More coffee required to be witty.
Good morning-
I had a spot on my chest that needed to be looked at and sure enough it was the same type of skin cancer as your hubby. It was removed and then I had to put some cream on it for a week. All is well but continue to keep your eyes open. Our generation did not use sun screen, instead we used baby oil and iodine!!
Hope things continue to go well with your husband. I too had a mole removed from my lower back that my husband didn’t like the looks of. It hurt for days. I had it removed because I teach first grade and all my lovely babies hugged me and right where their arms went around me was right where the mole was. They almost rubbed it right off. I left early one day to have it removed (I told them I had a little sore- not to many details) and explained to them when I got back they couldn’t hug me and we’d have to give high 5s for the rest of the day. They were devastated- so was I.
You can never have to much sunscreen.
Thank God all is well. My 64 year old Dad has to have stuff taken off and it is all from his days of youth in Orlando. With no sunscreen.
I’m glad P is okay and that the spot is treatable. It is a scary thing to hear that about the one near and dear to your heart, but it’s good that you lovingly encouraged him to have it checked out.
When I try to tell my husband those relational stories, he always tells me that I’m trying to overshadow what he’s describing. No, sweetie, just trying to empathize!
I forgot to put sunscreen on my forehead this weekend and it’s burnt to a crisp. Swollen and painful and makes me regret that mistake right this second! Oh, sure I was living it up in the pool, but am disappointed at my stupidity!
I’m glad to hear that P is doing okay and thankful that you were persistent and sent him to the doctor. What is it with men and doctors???
As a fair skined South Texas girl I am all about the sunscreen.
My husband is a landscaper and has had many precanerous thingys taken off. I hate the fact that he still has to go out and work in it. I dream of the day he finds an indoor job. Then maybe I’ll let him start wearing flipflops in public again. Those pesky tan lines!
Yeah, that is scary stuff. Glad he’s recovering ok.
So glad they found the spot early! Feel free to send him to get sliced up anytime your paranoid eye spots something! What a good reminder to wear sun screen (she says as she realizes she just bought a month tanning pakage).
my daughter and I just had big sunscreen discussions yesterday…why do teens continue to let themselves burn?
why do they think our warnings are just our way of giving them a hard time?
Lord, please open their ears to HEAR
Glad P is okay. Moles are scary.
Oh, those last lines about you dragging yourself across your grandmother’s floor and your hubby being so embarrassed for you just cracked me up…out loud. Too funny!
Sorry for your hubby. I’ve had a few funny moles removed and I’ve got my eyes on two spots. I’m thinking about making a new appointment for myself. My husband thinks I’m nuts, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.
I’m not nuts, I just suffer from hypochondria.
-FringeGirl
God is good to give us some reality checks, isn’t He?
Sounds like a scary situation. P’s mole and you dragging yourself around. In all seriousness I’m glad he’s ok but I would keep a shark eye on him just to be sure.
Praying that P’s cancer will be gone and that he will remember to WEAR all the sunscreen you bought him!
Keep P Ok Lord, in Jesus name…. So did he call for the advil or tequila? You must let us know.
So glad that they caught it early and hopefully all of it is gone. Good for you for making him go to the doctor. Will be praying for him and that there won’t be anymore concerns. On a different note I couldn’t help but giggle out loud about your belly button.
I’m sooooo glad he is ok. My husband needs to go and won’t. What do I do? Drag him?
I got checked a couple of years ago and need to again. Excuse? Lazy I guess.
I will always wear my sunscreen though.
As I am soooo close to 40, i gotta protect this stuff.
I am so glad that P is okay. I actually have been harassing my husband about getting a few moles checked out. I finally just made the appointment for him and he goes this Friday. I am pregnant and paranoid that something is going to happen to him. I mean the poor man can’t leave the house without 32 goodbyes and 17 promises to wear his seatbelt.
Funny this is your topic today, I have been getting the evil eye from one of my moles lately and running to the dermatologist is NOT usually on the top of the list but now it WILL BE. Thanks, Big Mama. So glad P is OK. Those “slices” may be small but they sure are painful! Belly button procedure sounds awful!
I had a little pearl white bump on my face several years ago. It was small, but just was so weird and it would not go away. I felt foolish going to the dermatologist for something so small, but sure enough it was basal cell. The nurse called and told me with enthusiasm – “It is the BEST cancer you can have!!!!”
I am a pale Georgia girl and I am so in love with my Scala hats as well as sunscreen. The ones I own have “an elasticized sweatband” inside that makes them super comfy and they stay on even in a pretty strong ocean breeze. They are straw or raffia. I think they make men’s hats also. I am sure there are other brands that are good, but I have three Scala hats and I do love them. I bought one and then found more on the internet.
Glad P listened to you!
Blessings!
I’m so glad your sweetums is OK!!! I hate the word cancer with a passion. My mom had a basil cell removed off her face about 10 years ago and she is doing fine. I’ll keep ya’ll in my prayers.
~Molly P
So glad P. is ok! My Stepmom sent my Dad to the doctor last Spring with an ugly, mean-eyed mole and it was also cancer…we too know buy sunscreeni bulk!
So glad they caught it in time!
The urban sombrero! You should write for J. Peterman.
So glad P will be okay. I have to wait until Jul7 7th for my derm. appt. None of the derms in my town are accepting new patients. The only reason I got an appt. was b/c my regular doctor has been around forever and the derm’s office accepts referrals from him.
I’m pretty nervous about the spot on my back. I have resigned myself to be an albino from now on. I’m okay with it. I think….
A word of advice-use zinc based sunscreen if you don’t already. I’m VERY fair skinned and usually get burnt just by looking at the sun. Seriously five minutes out and I’m in the burn unit at our local hospital. It’s that bad but I recently was out in the sun all day and went by a nurse’s advice and used zinc based sunscreen and it worked miracles. I got it at our local CVS and it was more expensive than normal but it works-which is all that matters.
Thank God you caught it early.
Have a good summer!
Skin cancers run in my family. They are usually harmless. Nevertheless, the word “cancer” freaks out everyone. I am off now to look in the mirror at the mole on the side of my neck and see it it has developed an attitude…
BTW, I used to be big on Advil, but I have found that Rapid Release Tylenol is my Best Friend Ever…
Thanks for posting about sunscreen. I work for a general surgeon, and we remove so many skin lesions from sun exposure. Some are bening, some are not. Keep your body checked, and slather on the screen if you’re gonna be outside.
My dad has been having spots like that removed for literally as long as I can remember. So far we’ve been lucky that nothing has been too serious. I’ll keep you in my prayers that this is all P is going to have to deal with!
Does SPF 12 dark tanning oil count?
I’m guessing “no”.
I remember my grandma having lots of sunspots removed when she was in her 50′s and 60′s. Now my dad has quite a few spots that he has yet to have removed….I’m going to need to get on him about that. Also need to check myself out and make sure that there isn’t any questionable spots.
Thanks for this post…spurred me on toward honoring and taking care of this temple of mine!
So glad he is okay. My children are so pale they are almost translucent, so we use a lot of sunscreen here.
Hope P is doing good today! I worked for a dermatologist for 7 years, and can add to the reassurance that a BCC is, indeed, a superficial skin cancer–nothing as bad as melanoma. Feel a little better? And, yes, make him go back for regular checks!! Keep catching them early!
Oh, and the typical places for men to get skin cancers (any kind) are on the face, neck, arms (especially forearms), and the tops of the EARS. My husband thought I was nuts for years, the way I would put sunscreen on our boys’ ears. He finally came around. It’s because of their short hair cuts. Speaking of…if anyone buzz cuts your sons for the summer, rub some sunscreen on their hair, too. Even if your husband looks at you strangely.
For women, the typical places are mainly the back and chest, and legs–especially the backs of the legs, from what I remember. Women are more likely to wear foundation or face powder year round (it helps a little), typically have longer hair and therefore less of their ears showing, and also are more likely to lay out to tan. And you know most of us don’t reapply sunscreen often enough, if we even use it.
Wear your sunscreen, everyone!
I’m going to try out the zinc oxide-based ones.
Get him a Tilley hat. My husband loves his. He works outside too. http://www.tilley.com I think his is the TH4.
Just to reassure you, those 6 month checkups will be a huge benefit for P. My sister has had over 50 moles removed from her body, every one of them being some form of cancer or pre-cancer, one even as late as stage 3. But because she’s diligent, they have all been contained.
It is a scary thing, but moles are your FRIEND… they tell you when a problem is coming, you just have to pay close attention. So glad this turned out ok! [And that your belly button wasn't disfigured for life...]
I guess it’s because you and I are in the same peer group (those sliding towards 40, and those who never wore sunscreen as a kid) that I keep hearing of such stories. A couple of months back, not one but two of the ladies in my book club had skin biopsies reveal basal cell carcinoma. That forced me into action to have all of my moles and “skin-thingines” looked at by my doctor. She sent me for a dermatology consult, and they removed three suspicious growths right there in the office. I was so relieved that they all came back fine, but now I’m a sun-protection freak! I’ve always used a SPF face lotion, and now have found a daily use skin lotion that contains spf … those go on every day, and the big guns come out when I’m going out in the sun for a time (SPF 50 or greater).
So glad that P got his checked out and found early!
I’m so glad he’s going to be okay!!! And that’s a prime example of why sunscreen is a necessity!!
ahh, the urban sombrero!
by the way, just listened to the last podcast… I made it all the way through… ya’ll are my intertainment on the drive from H*** from Dallas to Lubbock… it’s like listening to my friends…
I am chuckling at your belly button story… and I’ll say a prayer for a good report for P.
I don’t know whether it is sheer talent or sickness that makes on able to turn something like this into such a fun, colorful read.
God says laughter is good like a medicine so I guess you take the best route.
Love your angle on life!
Man… I just got motivated to make my husband an apt. for a nasty itchy rash area about the size of a quarter on his leg… it’s been there for a few years, which just can’t be good right? Thanks for the post!
So glad that you made P. go on and have things checked out! I’ve had 2 basal cell carcinomas in the past few years. The first one on my shoulder was pretty deep to get all of it. Then a year or two later I noticed a similar spot but not as big on my leg. My doctor said…looks o.k. to me but I will do a biopsy. Called me back in 2 days to have me come back in to have it cut out. I have had several other places taken off that she said would turn into cancer if left on. This is a good reminder for me I guess. It’s way past time for my checkup. Hope P. won’t have any more problems!
Marilyn
As many others have said, moles are not your friends! And, skin cancer can occur anywhere on your body; it doesn’t have to be connected to a mole. I’ve had more moles than I can count cut out, so I slather on sunscreen daily. Skin cancer is hereditary, too, so my little girl has the advantage of a mom who is very careful! Keep that in mind with your precious girl! Glad he caught his early!
Glad he’s alright. I have no doubt that the “day of reckoning” is coming for me, having been a sun-goddess for many too many years. Keep up with the sunscreen, girl. And thanks for the laughs!
You know…when I was growing up and a young adult, I thought a belly button was of very little importance.
Then in my twenties, I had two abdominal surgeries through my belly button. I was amazed that they could so much in such a little place.
A few years ago, alost overnight, a suspicious mole apperaed in my belly button and I had to have it removed. Turns out it was nothing, but I got a new respect for this underappreicated body part.
Two years ago, a friend of our had cancer and had to have her belly button removed!
And now, I hear your story.
Who knew the belly button could get so much action!
Walking through stage IV metastatic melanoma with a 34 year old friend right now…I, too, invested in lots of Neutragena with helioplex this Summer.
So glad P is OK.
Scary. I’m glad they were able to take care of it easily and quickly. My FIL and BIL have had more than one spot removed due to the same thing. My husband is now mowing lawns for extra money and I am on him constantly about sunscreen. We do go through more than our fair share of the stuff. Why does it cost so much?
So glad to hear that P is ok. I will continue to pray for him and your family! Love your blog!!
I’m sure the fact that they caught this very early and probably got it all didn’t stop you from being scared half to death. I’m so glad he’s OK and he’s very lucky that you inspect him closely enough to have noticed it and made the appointment.
And if I live to be a hundred, I’m calling my 58 year old belly button a belly button. It’s the last completely young spot I have left.
Mel, thank the Lord you guys got P’s spots taken care of. I will be praying for him. We so enjoy your posts. I have written you before about my granddaughter, Avery. She and I have great times reading your posts. We LOL. I’ll bet you have helped so many others by sharing this. You are such a special person even though we’ve never met. Trish
I’ll be praying for your man…and thanks for the sunscreen reminder. It’s a must for us Texas girls!
Solution = Mullett. Mullet.
My friends call me the sunscreen nazi. I (seriously) put sunscreen on my son and myself EVERY day. And that’s saying something since we live in the midwest and have snow on the ground approximately 3/4 of the year (or at least that’s what it feels like)! My parents and my husband’s parents have all had skin cancer, one with melanoma. I haven’t nagged, er, convinced my husband enough yet to join the habit but I’m serious about my sunscreen! I’ve tried them all and Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch with Helioplex is THE BEST!! We use SPF 30 for most days but if we’re going to be out in the sun all day we use SPF 45. According to my dermatologist and what I’ve researched online, the higher SPF only means you can be out in the sun longer. It doesn’t mean you are protected from more of the sun’s rays. Just thought you’d like to know that since the higher the SPF, the harder it is to get it to soak into the skin and the greasier it stays. Happy slathering!:)
You just made my heart stop a little. So glad that it sounds like all is well. My dad had a very close call with a melanoma when I was a teenager, and I’ve been a sunscreen freak ever since.
I too am currently getting rid of a basal cell carcinoma. The Derm Dr. here is treating it with a cream that interacts with your immune system to get rid of those unwanted cells and replace with healthy ones. At least I think so – its all in German.
Anyhoo – its a great lesson for my girls. If I catch them sunbathing with pure coconut oil on during those teen years, I’m going to slap them silly. Which is what my mom should have done. I think she said “please pass the coconut oil.”
I don’t give the girls any reason to think they or I look better with a tan than without. Does my farmer tan count?
Good gravy, YES, thank the good Lord he’s ok. I told my pasty white husband (after coming home looking like a lobster) that next time he gets even remotely pink from not wearing sunscreen I will file for a separation because I do not intend on being a widow with two kids…or take him to radiation and plastic surgeons because of his vanity and stupidity.
Thanks for the reminder, Big Mama!
To piggyback on Ann’s remarks, sunscreen is either barrier or chemical. But in the last few years, they’ve discovered that a lot of the chemical lotions are not photostable – that is, they actually degrade just by being exposed to sunlight. As a result, they’re not providing anywhere near the level of protection that they claim to. Some companies are starting to make photostable products. Some Hawaiian Tropic products are photostable now, and I think a few others. (My brother has been making and researching sunscreens for over 30 years, if anyone is wondering where I got this info.) Read those labels carefully!
That is true (Laura’s comment). However, the Helioplex in the one you are using stabalizes the avobenzone, so you’re good:)
Just praising God that he has you to keep track of his nasty moles.
And feeling a deep need to go inspect all Walker’s nasty moles, of which there are hordes.
Hordes of Moles. Wasn’t that a punk rock band in the 80s?
Yearly skin checks are a basic of my health care. It doesn’t help that I’ve had a dozen or so moles removed that were dysplastic (pre-cancerous).
Just make sure he goes for regular skin checks.
hi Miss Melanie!
the belly-button story made me laugh so hard. i have an outie belly button and have had my share of comments and experiences with family and friends whom i dearly love…while on vacation at the beach one year, a close friend who happened to be a boy (i was about 14 and he 15) kept asking me if i was ever going to “have it looked at”… well, i attempted to push it in! (why am i bringing this up again??) it turned blue-ish purple; i think i popped some blood vessels. it was awful! needless to say, my belly button is doing fine but it has had a rough life.
thanks for the laugh!
::Taylor (Deeper Still in Las Vegas!)
I really wish that more people talked about sunscreens and skin cancer. Four years ago my husband found out that the spot on his neck was melanoma. Thankfully, we caught it early enough. He has also had six surgeries for basil cell. Basil cell is invasive, but it doesn’t kill you. The Melanoma scared us more than anything because if you don’t catch it earlier enough, your chances of survival are very slim.
I noticed a spot on my friends back just two weeks ago and asked her if she had it checked out and she hadn’t so she went to the dr. She just found out that it was melanoma and we are waiting and praying that her’s was also caught soon enough.
Needless to say, we are adamant about sunscreen and here in California we have to wear it every day.
Coming up soon on our blog, I’ll be doing a post on all of our favorite sunscreens. My son is also a surfer so we’ve experimented a lot with different sunscreens to test which work the best.
I’m very glad your husband is okay. And,I’m glad I saw your post about sunscreen. Maybe by discussing skin cancer, people will become more aware of the dangers.
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