Showing posts with label skin cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skin cancer. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2009

Healthcare in the news.....

These days healthcare is all over the news. Whether you are for reform of the industry or not we all have a desire to, as the saying goes, "Live long and prosper."

Are you interested in what 10 famous people think is important enough to fight for? Visit this blog and see if anything strikes a chord with you.






Monday, July 27, 2009

Skin Cancer Scars....A View to a Kill?


Nobody likes going for those yearly check-ups. Stripping down and a doctor preening every inch of your body looking for something out of the ordinary. At my last full body check, the mole in question was actually one I didn't know existed and my husband would've never thought was dangerous. But that's always what'll get'cha. The one you don't expect.

The same thing happened with my sister. She went in for a check up and then got the call no one wants. "Ma'm, we need you to come back in for some more tests." Surprisingly, the mole her doctor wanted to remove was in this really odd place on her stomach. Not on her back or chest where, as a teen, the baby oil had been slathered as we offered up our delicate skin to the sungod as we lay on our rooftop.

Everything turned out fine for my sister...after they removed the cancer. Now, she has a lovely reminder across her midsection that things could be very different in our lives today if she had not gone in for her yearly body scan.

We took some pictures on her last visit and I'll post them...she's using Oleeva Fabric to decrease her scar sensitivity and the appearance of the scar on her stomach. We'll check back in a month or so to see how it's doing.

Make sure you get your yearly full body checks. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2008-06-01-yourhealth_N.htm
USAToday recently had an article with some interesting information. Visit the link and stay safe.