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[center][][/center][font "Poor Richard"][size 4][#bf0000]A word of advice from someone who has had numerous bouts with skin cancer. As a youngster I never used suntan lotion. Till the age of 25 I worked outside in all kinds of weather. The Florida sun on land and water can be very penetrating. Well as I entered my 50s, my skin started to show the unkindly results of all those years in the sun. At first removal was quite easy. However, later the basal cell cancer was found deep in my nose. So much so that I lost a portion of my nose which required reconstruction surgery. Most recently this year they cut into my upper lip to remove additional cancer affected area and just last month they removed a deep cancer just on the border of my eyebrow. More plastic surgery with about two dozen stitches. Why all the details? I am hoping that everyone particularity those with blue eye will heed my caution. I never burned but turned a golden brown. My doctors attributed my skin cancer problems to my spending all those years in the sun. On your next trip out be sure to wear a broad brim hat and wear a good quality suntan lotion. I use to say that I was too macho to get skin cancer. Duh – I guess that I was too smart for my own good.
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I had gotten a bit woried my self when I developed brown spots on my skin...

as a youth I spent lots of hours on the water no lotion no block did wear the hat. couldnt tell ya the numbers of first and second degree burns I got.

doc looked me over and said no wories its only liver spots...

good luck on the cancer, my neighbor got a protion of his ears cut off, cost him a couple bucks, I told him he should have taken holyfeilds place in the ring and got paid for it....

but seriously keep us updated as to how it goes, for those of us who dont have, it dosnt mean it wont come in to our lives some how, ie frends and family... thanks for advanced wornings....

I heard that any one can get it but if you have ancestors who have had cancer you chances jump to about 30-50 percent of catcing it...

what is the first thing we should look for? my eyes are blue most of the time but do change color from blue to grey to green and some times brown if ya know what I mean.....
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[cool][#0000ff]Good advice, Dryrod. Us fisherfolk sometimes overlook simple things like protective clothing, headware and eye protection...and sunscreen. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It really hits home with me. I lost a longtime friend and fishing buddy last year to melanoma...a particulary nasty skin cancer. [/#0000ff]
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[font "Poor Richard"][#bf0000][size 4]Hey there DTC - as you may know skin cancer can show up in many types of forms. Look for small dark purple spot(s) on your arm(s). Ugly looking molds that grow quickly. Pin point blood spot that appear suddenly, particularily after one washes their face. Bloody scab that appears suddenly.[/size][/#bf0000][/font] [font "Poor Richard"][#bf0000][size 4]All of my skin cancers were of the basal cell variety. Melanoma is a real deadly form of skin cancer. If it is caught too late then you are history.[/size][/#bf0000][/font]
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