Sorry I’ve been a little quiet on the blog for the last couple of weeks. I’m recovering from surgery for something completely unrelated to melanoma. It’s funny how much your body will force you to rest when it undergoes something invasive. I couldn’t keep my eyes open for days. However, I know I’m on the road to recovery when my… Read more »
So, I am a massive fan of Duran Duran, have been since the first time IÂ saw “Hungry Like The Wolf” on MTV way, way, way too many years ago. (Yes, I’m that old that I remember watching videos on MTV. And “Hungry Like the Wolf” was a video my mom and I would bond over while watching…) I had posters,… Read more »
In the comments of my rainy post, Ms. Mississippi Meow and I had an exchange about sunscreen. It made me think that others might have some questions on what sunscreen I use and my daily regime. First of all, let me tell you that once I received my melanoma diagnosis, I went out and bought all of those high SPF… Read more »
I live in Texas, where there’s been a pattern of rainy weather moving in. Fortunately, I don’t live in Houston, which has been inundated with 20 inches of rain and counting in the last week or so. Texas has been in a long-term drought situation for a number of years. In fact, when I moved here seven years ago (wait,… Read more »
My blog received a follow from a fellow blogger, Mississippi Meow who writes the Chronicles of Nowhereland. Of course, I check out everyone else’s blogs because – let’s face it, I’m curious about other people, and particularly those who find their way to my little spot in the interwebs. What motivates them to learn more about pink melanoma? Like I… Read more »
In my ongoing quest to provide to you, my readers, interesting news about skin cancer treatments, I found a very recent article that describes efforts by researchers to develop a patch of microneedles that would deliver immunotherapy nanoparticles directly into melanoma lesions. In a previous series of posts, I wrote about an article that discusses how immunotherapy might be a… Read more »
In my previous post, I talked about trying to plan a summer getaway that would get me out of the blazing central Texas summer heat (and the intense sun). Well, the next day, I happened to be browsing kayak.com (What? Not everyone else just puts in random flight requests to see what’s possible?) when I saw that flights from Austin… Read more »
It’s mid-March and yes, I’m already thinking about summer. I live in Austin and it gets blazingly hot in summer here. I mean, this weekend we’re supposed to be close to 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 C)! So we’re already wondering how hot this summer is going to be. And you know, I love to travel. I love getting out somewhere… Read more »
I just came across a heart-breaking story of a young English newlywed who thought she had beaten melanoma, only to find out that what she thought was a pulled muscle was actually her cancer returned – and spreading. I’ll be honest, this type of story always makes me a bit nervous. Yes, I know that once you catch and remove… Read more »
So, it’s just about two years ago that my pink spot made an appearance on my right knee. You know, it’s so funny because when it first sprang out of my skin, I didn’t know that it was some weird form of skin cancer. I didn’t know that it was something that needed to be cut out of my flesh… Read more »