Saturday began with light snow. So much for the weather forecasters being right around here! As the morning wore on the snow stopped, so I grabbed my purse and out the door I went to get our mail. I called my mom and talked with her while I drove over and back.
My oldest girlfriend called and she needed my shoulder. We talked for over and hour and I hope I helped her just a little.
While we talked I was looking through old pictures taken long ago, when I got that really terrible sunburn. I’m pretty much convinced that burn is what has caused my current Squamous Cell skin cancer.
I was 13, and did not understand what the sun could do to skin. Looking back I can remember the pain I felt from that burn.
This is me with my brother in-law, Ron. He had a nice normal tan, while I was definitely overcooked!
Here I am with the little boy I babysat for. You can see the blisters on my face. Raymond had nice normal skin.
I had blisters all over my face. They eventually broke and my face was a mess for a while.
The point of this story is: Don’t lie out or do anything in the sun without a good hat and lots of sunscreen!
In fact I plan to buy stock in a couple of sunscreen companies! Talking to people I realized how common sun induced skin cancers are!
Scary!
Now the search is on for a good sun hat for this summer. I’d also love to buy one of those swim tops that has a built in sun shield.
I remember that, it was awful and you were so uncomfortable. I have several of the sun shirts that I wear on the beach. They are comfortable in the water and out and dry quickly. I have to say though that I wear sunscreen under them also just to protect myself. I wear a dorky hat with a brim that goes all around and over my neck too. It is worth it! We also set up umbrellas and reapply sunscreen. We head in for lunch and take a break from the noon time sun. There is a lot you can do to protect yourself and still get to enjoy the beach. Love YOU, Mel
When Dave came to my house the first time (back in the teenage years), I had a sunburn on my back and shoulders so bad it was purple. Where did I get squamous cell cancer? On my forearm LOL!