Personal Skin Cancer Blog and Websites
Goodness, I never knew that skin cancer would be such a heated topic on here. Some woman even left a comment about how my picture of a woman sunbathing was “deceiving” because the commenter thinks that she is African-American and not Caucasian. Big deal! It is just a picture of someone sunbathing.
I will always stand by my conviction that tanning beds and sunbathing are dangerous and if you need more proof, read some of these personal blogs from melanoma victims. Some of these people are dead, some their spouses keep up the websites and others are survivors.
Bryce D. Brown - Deceased - His wife keeps up this site
Miss Melanoma - Survivor
Que Sarah, Sarah - Deceased
Melanoma, Life & Other Crazy Stuff - Deceased
Melanoma Research Foundation Forum
Sandy Robinson also is the blogger for her own website, Fighting Fatigue and the Fighting Fatigue Forum. On the WebbleYou Network, Sandy is co-blogger for the American Idolist blog.
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The key is to discover suspicious skin lesions at an early stage. Check moles for A)symmetry, for irregular B)orders, for multiple C)olors, for a D)iameter larger than a pencil eraser and for E)volution which is an enlarging or new mole. These are the ABCDE’s for self-screening.
It is important to keep checking for new or changing moles, particularly if you are at risk. Those that have had a melanoma removed may be cured but they are at high risk for recurrence of new melanomas. If you have a lot of moles it is very hard (impossible really) to be able to tell if new or changing ones are present though.
DermAlert is an image comparison software program developed through funding from the National Cancer Institute that is inexpensive and lets you use your digital camera in the privacy of your own home to find changing moles over time. Then you can point out the changes to your dermatologist. You can see details and demo at http://www.dermalert.com
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