07-20-2005, 09:00 PM
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][/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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][/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. [/#bf0000][/size][/font]
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