PSA: MOLE!

I love the sun. I love to lay in the sun and I love to get a tan! Back in the good 'ole days, I could walk to the mailbox and come back with a tan. Nowadays, I find myself getting burnt at the drop of a hat! What the heck?!? (Getting older bites.) I'd begrudginly slather myself with sun block (spf 15) and still burn. The days of tanning lotions are long gone for me. spf 30 and 45, even, are now my friends.

A few months ago, I was with my fertility doctor getting a lovely examination when he popped his head up and told me that I have way too many moles on my body. He gave me a stern scolding. When I got home I gave myself a once over and shrugged my shoulders. I'm just a moley freckley person. 'Nuff said.

Then in the course of two weeks I came across a gazillion articles about melanoma (a.k.a skin cancer). And I felt a tugging in the back of my mind. The first article, I read with interest and promised myself to keep up with the sunscreen. The second and third article, I laughed about the coincidence. And by the fifth article - I started to realize that maybe God is telling me something. AND THEN I felt a raised mole on the back of my neck. Proceed straight to panic. I calmed myself down and made an appointment with a dermatologist to get all my lovely moles checked out. Of course, I can't get in to the doc until next month, but at least I have the comfort of knowing I have an appointment and I'm taking care of it. Or going to take care of it.

I know it's summer time; which means lots of pool time, yard work, and playing outside. WEAR SUNSCREEN. And to all those whippersnappers heading to the tanning salons and slathering on their tanning lotions - you may be all pretty now, my little one, but come my age - you could be as leathery as the grandma in Something about Mary. Well, maybe not at my age - but you are heading in that direction!

So in honor of my mole checking appointment in August - here is a little something-something to make you laugh. (Take note how far Beyonce's acting abilities have come. She was painful to watch back in the day. Same to you Denise Richards in that Bond movie. Yeesh. Come to think of it, Denise's acting is still awful ...)

Click here to learn how to spot the signs of skin cancer! Thanks, Redbook!



~M