Updated Dosing for Keytruda...Someday...Immunotherapies 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Here Comes the Sun – Living in Fear of the Sun...Unlike 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...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
How I Nailed a Problem With My Nails Without Looking It Up...It 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Basal... Keratoacanthoma... SCC...Hello, I know this is a couple of years old but I will tell my story. I have questions and a great deal of anxiety especially now with COVID-19. I...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
No Sunscreen as a Kid, Mohs as an Adult...You know all those internet posts boasting about how “we did this as kids, and we did that as kids, and we survived just fine”? Well, I didn’t use sunscreen...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
COVID-19 Updates, June 15: Solidarity Hydroxychloroquine Trials and COVID Vaccine Development...Many 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Melanoma Diagnosed as a Cyst...I noticed a lump in my skin and made an appointment with my dermatologist to examine it. She said it was a benign cyst and I didn't need to do...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
I Can't Say In Public...Four years ago, I had a mole on my shoulder. It was the size of a pinhead once. Then it turned into a blue crab dark looking thing, seemed like...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Treatments For Skin Cancer...I am from the UK. I have a basal cell carcinoma on my scalp. It has been left untreated for a year because my general practitioner failed to diagnose it...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Keepin' It Shady...Lately, 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
A "Battle" With Skin Cancer Isn’t a Fair Fight...As 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Ultraviolet Light Disinfectant Warning...Do not use ultraviolet light on your body as a way to disinfect it from any germs or viruses! Let me repeat that, don’t use ultraviolet light intended to disinfect...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Efudex Symptoms and What Helps Me...Greetings! This is my second round of treatments for solar keratosis. The first was in 2014 where I did my face, neck (down to clavicles), and arms. It worked well...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Skin Cancer Misconceptions, Illustrated...People say the darndest things when they've never had skin cancer. Our advocates shared the craziest things they've heard from others when it comes to skin cancer and sun safety...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
What is Your Skin Care Regimen?...It was February 26, 2020. I sat in a raised director’s chair at the ancient Statler Hotel in Buffalo, New York. I was waiting for my makeup to be done...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Healing After Mohs Surgery Can Be a Real Pain...“Dammit,” I said to no one in particular. Actually, I was talking to myself in the mirror. The bandage that I had precariously positioned over the stitches from my Mohs...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Solar Keratitis on Scalp and Head...Solar keratitis on my head. No joy from the doctors. Made my own cream. Infused coconut oil with THC. Solar keratitis gonzo! Completely! Fluke? Maybe. A friend across the province...Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
Efudex Results: Great or Gross?...I want you to think about the last time you wore something new and got a compliment. It felt nice, didn’t it? You knew exactly why you received the compliment...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Solar Keratoses...Five weeks ago commenced treatment for above sun skin damage where I was treated by a dermatologist with a painful acid-like liquid for the face and the head. I was...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
