STRONG ENOUGH: How the sun sees you

Thursday, August 14, 2014

This is a very powerful message about the importance of sunscreen and how damaging the sun really is. You will be blown away!!!

Anonymous said...: Hello!

Thank you for charing your story.

I was wondering if you know why your stage 1 melanoma spread? They normally doesn't or are at a very low risk of spreading. If you got clean margins, would this not give you better prognosis?

I have also been diagnosed with MM and I'm worried.

Do you know if anyone with in situ MM have had metastases?

You are in my prayers!; September 10, 2014 at 1:54 AM
Christina said...: Thank you. To answer your question, I don't have the answer to why my melanoma spread or how I could've gotten a different outcome (meaning, no recurrence). I can tell you, however, that it isn't common for a Stage 0 or 1 to have a recurrence. My doctor told me I had a 10% chance of recurrence. With that said though, I have known a few people like myself that recurred. Who knows what set it off and honestly, I don't think I could've changed anything in the past. I would tell you though, that if you're concerned, get a second opinion on your pathology report.

And no I don't know anyone that had melanoma in situ that had a metastases. Hopefully, that eases your min. ;); September 21, 2014 at 10:13 PM

Quotes that inspire me

"Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls."-Melody Beattie
"Man's extremity is God's opportunity. Unshakable faith is faith that has been shaken."-Unknown
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."-Martin Luther King
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain." ~Author Unknown
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." ~Ambrose Redmoon
"It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~Abraham Lincoln
"Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear." ~Author Unknown
"Hope never abandons you, you abandon it." ~George Weinberg
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
"We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails." ~Author Unknown
"Never, never, never give up." ~Winston Churchill
"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it." ~C.C. Scott
"Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death." ~Author Unknown
"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell." ~Lance Armstrong

STRONG ENOUGH