| Malignant Melanoma can be cured in 95% of cases | | | | spray, after all, it didn't even hurt and had no |
| if detected early (this is what I have been told). | | | | redness. He left it for a very long time, until finally |
| That last part is the real kicker. EARLY! | | | | he got fed up with his jeans irritating it and went |
| I am here to tell you that moles are not the only | | | | to the doctor to get antibiotics for what he |
| source of this deadly skin cancer. I am not a | | | | thought was an infected cut. |
| doctor, that will spill out all kinds of facts and | | | | The doctor sent him immediately for a biopsy, |
| figures and percentages, but a grieving sister. | | | | and that is when he found out about melanoma |
| I lost my brother this past April to Melanoma Skin | | | | and how cuts that don't heal are another sign, he |
| Cancer, and I cannot stress enough how | | | | always thought it was just moles. His came back |
| important it is to keep a check on your own | | | | stage 4, and after further tests, the melanoma |
| body. After all we are responsible for our own | | | | had already spread to other internal organs. |
| health. My brother was only 48 years old, but | | | | Melanoma cancer does not respond to typical |
| was a redhead with fair skin, he knew about the | | | | cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, and |
| signs and symptoms and risks of melanoma, and | | | | there was not much that could be done at this |
| how to watch for changing moles. | | | | stage. |
| But what happened to him, was a little different. | | | | If he had of gone within that first month, he may |
| He noticed a small thin cut on his thigh while in the | | | | have had a chance.. but we will never know now. |
| shower. He couldn't remember cutting himself, but | | | | He burned a lot as a kid, and like the rest of us |
| he said it was almost like a thin paper cut. The | | | | from that era, we burned and baked to get that |
| next day, it started to form an ugly scab. He | | | | "glow". It is important to use sunscreen, and |
| thought nothing of it, until the scab got a bit more | | | | check your skin regularly for changes.. In the end, |
| 3D looking, and dark, then it came off and started | | | | your skin health is up to you and no one else. and |
| all over again. | | | | it is not just moles... ANY changes in your skin are |
| He ignored this as a cut that was having trouble | | | | worth investigating further. |
| healing.. he just kept spraying it with antiseptic | | | | |