What my kids should know about sun safety
Sometimes I ponder the inevitable conversation with my kids about my melanoma diagnosis. I know I can dodge the subject for a while and chalk the frequent check-ups up to simply that -- check-ups. At some point, though, I will have to share that "mommy had melanoma" and all that it means.
YUCK! Not a day that I look forward to and certainly not something I'm prepared for.
But my melanoma journey has taught...
What to say to someone with cancer
When I was undergoing melanoma treatment, I encountered a lot of people who struggled to find the right words to say to me.
I get...
How to make chemotherapy less miserable
Let's be honest, chemotherapy sucks. But during my own melanoma treatment, which included surgery and chemotherapy, I found a few ways to...
Coping with anxiety and depression during and after my melanoma treatment
High strung, intense, a little worried. These are all words that have been used to describe me most of my life. But it was never a big deal. These tendencies never prevented me from enjoying life. But this, like many other things, changed after my melanoma diagnosis.
Coping with anxiety during my melanoma treatment
A prevalent side effect of Interferon, the drug I took as a part of my melanoma treatment, is depression. So...
Melanoma survivor: Pale is always in
Because of my melanoma diagnosis, I consider myself a student of sun safety. I've learned to be diligent and cautious about my sun exposure...
How a dog helped me through my melanoma treatment
I'm a dog person. When I moved out of my parents' house to go to college, I really wanted to get a dog of my own, but it just wasn...