Living

Man: “I have a big date tonight. How do I look?” Man’s friend: “I don’t like your shirt.” Man: “Maybe I need a second opinion.” Man’s friend: “I don’t like...

“I am so freakin' pale.” “I feel so pasty white and gross.” “I gotta get some sun. I’m as white as a ghost.” It’s that time of year again. Someone...

My biggest issue with being diagnosed with stage IV melanoma (believe me, it’s hard to pick just one) is that I had aggressive cancer inside my body for about 6...

On the leukemia side of my life, I get upset if someone dies of the same disease. First, because I’m sad about it, and second, because I identify so much...

Skin cancer is a strange and winding road. Your dermatologist may find a suspicious spot you thought was just dry skin. She begins a discussion with you and mentions a...

It’s that time of the year in Western New York. People start thinking about going outside again or do they? This has been a relatively mild winter and with no...

A tiny little hole on my thumb, above my knuckle, has caused a degree of hassle that is greater than you would expect for something the size of a pinprick...

A few weeks ago, I was looking through posts on a melanoma Facebook group page when I came upon a thread started by a young woman who recently had a...

“What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel?" Mister Fred Rogers Song 1968. I get angry when I see young children who have obviously returned from a beach...

We asked the community, "Did skin cancer come up in any holiday conversations?" We received a wide variety of answers - thank you for sharing with us! Someone out there...

When I was diagnosed, I had never heard of the term before. I knew what chemotherapy was and I knew it was awful. I was trying to prepare myself for...

For a few years, my daughter had a favorite t-shirt and wore it every time we went shopping. On the front, in not-so-obvious print, were the words, “Assistant to the...

I’ve written several articles lately on how special this community at SkinCancer.net is. I love how the community members support each other, and how it’s a safe place where we...

Ronald Reagan was president. Michael Jordan was the darling of the sports world. I was in California, living the dream. No one I knew had a cell phone, yet, we...

Out of the corner of my eye, when I turned on the TV to watch the Sunday morning news shows, I saw the end of a commercial for a Celebrity...

It’s coming. The calendar might make you think otherwise, but it’s just around the corner. What is it? Tanning season. You know how I know? I’ll tell you straight up...

At the end of a travel day in the holiday season, I wanted a cup of coffee when I got to the hotel room. I was tired, and I figured...

Being a cancer patient is difficult, and I would argue that being a young adult cancer patient is infinitely more difficult. I went from being a normal, totally healthy 29-year...

Skin cancers — specifically nonmelanomas like basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) — are the most common types of cancer in the United States. And while there...

I saw a headline not too long ago that I found unsettling. It wasn’t a recent article, as it was dated June 2018, but it was the first time I...