Thursday, June 25, 2009

Urgent!

You have got to take a look at THIS because it is a site full of pictures of actual melanomas. Browse through them and see if you have anything that looks similar. See if anyone you love has anything like this. I mean, come on, some of them are no-brainers, clearly suspicious and nasty looking. But others are faint blotches on skin. It varies so much. Not all moles bleed and scream something is wrong. Save your life, save the life of someone you love, and check it out.

I firmly believe that I have actually seen some melanomas around Maryville. If they were someone I knew, I would say something. It was a lady in front of me at the store once. It was a kid at the pool last summer. It was a person in line at the movies. All had what I would consider totally suspicious looking moles, only to be determined as skin cancer by an expert, but that can't be determined unless they get it checked out.

And melanoma is...choke, sigh...nearly 100% curable if found early.

Protect the skin your in.

2 comments:

Kerri Pierce said...

Jenni - I read this blog and thought of you. Maybe this story will give you some hope.

http://blog.uvskinz.com/2009/06/26/photo-story-friday-a-letter-to-darren/

Kerri Pierce

gastler said...

Jenni,
I couldn't figure out how to post on your other blog, so I am doing it here. I have heard some great things about The Magic house in St. Louis. I think it is like $8 or so to get in. Some of my friends went an took their kids and said it was a blast and cheap too! Grant's Farm is also there and it is pretty fun too.
Just some ideas! I still need to get that check to you!