5 Things My Cancer Taught Me“A woman is like a teabag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Those five things include: It’s so...reactionscomments
Embarrassed About My Face and Telling People Not to Look at ItIn the past few days when going places, I have said to people, “Don’t look at my face.” This is admittedly strange because when I say it, I’m looking right...reactionscomments
COVID-19 Updates, July 16: Updates on People at Risk, Testing, Reopening, and a VaccineEven after months of navigating life in the COVID-19 era, keeping up with new information and news can be overwhelming. Below are some of the latest developments surrounding COVID-19 for...reactionscomments
Caution Roadwork Ahead: Bring SunscreenYou are making good time (whatever good time is) and then you see it from a distance. Red lights backed up for miles. Roadwork ahead, now you are making not...reactionscomments
Protection at the BeachTraveling with kids is always interesting. Planning a trip with friends is hectic but fun. Vacationing with skin cancer - that’s just a headache. Don’t get me wrong. Taking summer...reactionscomments
What's Blue and White and Crammed Into My Drawer? (Lots of Creams)This is probably not a question that occurs to many people unless those people have a drawer full of prescription meds for their skin. That said, I am wondering why...reactionscomments
Sun Safety Tips from a Melanoma Survivor Living in ArizonaThe 4th of July has come and gone which means it’s officially summertime! AKA time to whip out the swimsuits, booze, and grilling tools because it’s pool party season. Well...reactions2comments
Efudex: Sleep, Wherefore Art Thou?Sleep is a beautiful thing when you can get it. The coveted forty winks can be hard to come by even in the most ideal of circumstances. If you are...reactionscomments
The Long Road to MohsTomorrow morning I’m having Mohs surgery for an infiltrating basal cell cancer on my face. My surgery was originally scheduled for two months ago, but because of COVID-19, the procedure...reactions2comments
A Little Help From My FriendHaving melanoma can be lonely. Very few people in my daily life have had any serious health concerns. Most don’t know much about skin cancer and fewer, understand that it...reactionscomments
The Signs and Symptoms of 5 Rare Forms of Skin CancerSkin cancer is a very common condition in the United States. In fact, 1 out of 5 Americans will likely develop skin cancer in their lifetimes. More common types of...reactions6comments
Efudex: To Cover or NotThere are plenty of things we don’t exactly want the world to see. It starts when we are teens with those first few zits and builds from there. From bad...reactionscomments
Skin Cancer and SeniorsIt was early in the year of 2019. I was thumbing through the back pages of my favorite pancake restaurant menu. Yes, it was the first day that I was...reactionscomments
Updated Dosing for Keytruda...SomedayImmunotherapies continue to dominate the cancer landscape and are still the focal point of melanoma research. Cancer researchers release trial results at major oncology conference spread throughout the year in April...reactionscomments
Here Comes the Sun – Living in Fear of the SunUnlike a lot of cancer, melanoma is one of the few that is really cause and effect. If you don’t practice sun safety you could get skin cancer. It’s something...reactions6comments
How I Nailed a Problem With My Nails Without Looking It UpIt seems almost quaint now that when I was diagnosed with leukemia in 2003, my doctor said, “Stay off the internet.” Of course, now, most of us look everything up...reactionscomments
COVID-19 Updates, June 15: Solidarity Hydroxychloroquine Trials and COVID Vaccine DevelopmentMany of us are overwhelmed by the amount of information available on COVID-19. Keeping up with all of the news can be challenging. Here are some of the top developments...reactionscomments
The Moment I Heard the Words ‘You Have Stage IV Cancer’It was a Friday afternoon and after a week full of tests, I sat in the waiting room of my doctor’s office thinking, ‘I have a very bad feeling about...reactions5comments
Keepin' It ShadyLately, I've had a lot of time on my hands to complete projects both inside and outside my house. Thankfully, the weather here in Tennessee looks and feels like spring...reactionscomments
A "Battle" With Skin Cancer Isn’t a Fair FightAs a metastatic melanoma survivor, I’ve really come to dislike the terms ‘battle’ and ‘war’ as it relates to fighting cancer. I read some very interesting words from a melanoma...reactionscomments