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Slickdome:

--- Quote from: Kajun on February 25, 2007, 01:30:10 AM ---...one buddy who lives in canada...shaved his due to chemotherapy....stage 3a stomach cancer...he beat testicular cancer 2 yrs ago and now this.  :( ..but he has a very positive attitude and is a fighter, i really hope he beats this one too...made me realize that a few folicles in the big scheme of life is trivial compared to what some people are going through....

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So true, Kajun.   Best wishes to your buddy in Canada; having a positive attitude is SO important to the overall strategy in fighting this disease...definitely sounds like he's got a good support system in place as well, which is also crucial. 

And yes, dealing with a serious illness (as a victim or an observer) does put certain things into perspective.  Unfortunately, there is a whole lot of suffering in this world...and I occasionally feel overwhelmed by the task at hand.   

We just need to remind ourselves that, sometimes,  even winning the smallest battle makes a huge difference in fighting the war.

Pardon my lapse into preachiness.     :-X

JJ

Razor X:

--- Quote from: Slickdome on February 24, 2007, 12:49:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: Kajun on February 24, 2007, 01:46:09 AM ---i definitely need some sun though...what ya think about a tannin salon for now?


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....to the call of the tanning bed!

I'm a proud Sly Guy, but my day job as a cancerbuster compels me to strongly discourage anyone from going out and deliberately trying to tan the dome at a tanning salon. 



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Thanks for posting this, JJ.  I've always wondered if tanning salons were safe.  I've never gone to one myself.  My Irish skin just isn't going to tan, no matter what, so I learned a long time ago that I just have to keep it protected from the sun.   They have tanning beds at the gym where I work out, and they advertise it as a "safe" alternative to tanning in the sun, because the dosage and intensity are controlled, but I've always been skeptical of those claims.  It's good to get the true story from an expert.

Slickdome:
Lots more info here:

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/ped_7_1_Skin_Cancer_Detection_What_You_Can_Do.asp?sitearea=PED

Teambean:
Slickdome...thanks so much for the info....It is exactly what my derm told me this past year. . He told me NOT to forget my ears, forehead and neck, as well as my scalp. Ive been using the product he recommended, Matte For Men,  everyday since.

teambean

gearhedguy:
Please, please, please take heed in this warning about sun exposure and skin cancer. Please! When I was in my teens and 20's I was a sun addict and in the summer I was outside as much as possible. I simply couldn't get enough of summer sun. Plus, when I was a kid they didn't know as much as they do today about the importance of skin protection; getting a sunburn (or several) was simply part of the summertime experience. To top it off, I was the reddish haired freckled variety. For the past few years I have been dealing with this sun damage. So far (fingers crossed) every suspicious spot on my body has turned out to be benign. But every few months a new spot appears and off to the dermatologist I go. And with every visit, I fear the worse; could this be THE one?!? Because of this, now just feeling the sun on my skin makes it crawl. When I was young I felt invincible (as most of us do) and I thought skin cancer was somthing that only happens to someone else. Surely it would't happen to me. Could it? Well, it can happen to anyone. If I knew back then what I know today, I would have stayed in the house the entire summer only venturning out after sunset!  >:(

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