Sorry I’ve been so quiet on the blog front. As the title will lead you to believe, I’ve been pretty busy lately. Starting with the middle of last month, I’ve: spent a long weekend in Denver hanging out with a close friend and then immediately flew to Las Vegas with that same friend and a group of ladies to see… Read more »
Ok, as I was typing that title, I was thinking to myself, didn’t I got to high school with Clark Breslow? But actually, his first name is Nate. Hopefully he never needs to read a blog about melanoma, but if he does – what’s up dude? Still got your skateboard? Anyway, for those of you that actually come to this… Read more »
In my previous post, I talked about the new changes to the guidelines for diagnosing and treating melanoma. One of the changes affects the definitions of melanoma stages. But I realized as I was talking about those changes that some people may not know what all of those letters and numbers mean. To complicate matters further, there are actually a… Read more »
I was trying to answer a message sent to me by a reader and as I was poking around here to find a post that I had written a few years ago, I realized that I was sitting on 249 posts. I figured I would use my 250th post to thank you for reading this little ramble-fest of mine and… Read more »
I know it must feel like I’m in Florida every other week. And maybe because it’s pretty damn accurate. I’ll be heading back to South Florida next week. However, this time it’s for a wedding of a friend of mine from back in the day. She was one of my best friends when I lived in Ohio. Even though I’ve… Read more »
I check one of those “days of the month” calendars to see if there’s anything fun I can use for the Twitter account I maintain at work (because I’m trying to not be all corporate-y all the time, even though I probably will get in trouble someday for the funny memes I post since I am positive the brand team… Read more »
I’m back in Austin – for a few days at least. I got in late last night and am not looking forward to the mounds of laundry I need to do before Monday night. Hawaii was beautiful. My cousin and her family were lots of fun to be around and the entire week was pretty laid back. Despite my fears… Read more »
It’s a few days into the new year and I’m still trying to get into the normal routine. Between my long weekend in Ohio and the Florida road trip, my life has definitely veered from the ordinary for the last couple of weeks. We had a great time in Florida: hanging out in Orlando at a very nice resort (discounted… Read more »
It’s been 3 years to the day since I had my excision. It doesn’t seem possible. But it’s been 3 years since cancer was cut from my leg. While I’ve had a number of bullet holes from various biopsies (including a big old circle from my most recent one), so far, I’ve managed to avoid having another excision. I could… Read more »
I finally heard back from my dermatologist’s office. Apparently the thing on my leg is… well, they’re not sure. But they’re pretty sure that it’s not melanoma. I guess that’s a good thing to hear. I would prefer some more definitive answer on what it is, but I guess knowing it’s not melanoma or any other form of skin cancer… Read more »