Skin Cancer - Warning

[Sieg]

This is just a friendly reminder that you should be doing routine self checkups or having a dermatologist check you out.

15 days ago I spotted a change to a mole on the backside of my left shoulder and sent a picture to a friend who's a surgeon specializing in oncology.

What caught my eye was what resembled a cloud coming off the mole at 10 o'clock.

I went in two days later for a biopsy, results came back 7 days later on Tuesday am as positive melanoma, that evening this is what it looked like:


I was fortunate and caught it very early, stage T1a. The biospy measured it's depth at .4mm, after the fact my surgeon friend said it becomes a real problem past .75mm.

Melanoma can kill you fast if neglected. BE ALERT!

Here's a decent online resource: http://www.skincancer.org/