These blogs take various forms. Some come complete with pictures, some don't. They all have one thing in common:
They are written by people who dare to care.
One word about this: these are blogs that are readily available to anyone online. These are not on Facebook, though many of us DO have Facebook sites. Those of us who blog and are also on Facebook will usually have either links to our FB pages or the FB badges of our pages.
You will see the links to my Facebook pages in the upper right corner of this blog: Melanoma Prayer Center and Melanoma Grief Chapel.
Below is a list of blogs about melanoma. The list will be incomplete, not by choice, but because new ones are coming online regularly and it's hard to keep up. Also, being one person, I simply don't know about each and every one. Please add to the list. I thought it would be useful to have a handy list in one place to reference.
The first three are listed together because, together, we call ourselves "Power Rangers" and I don't want to break up the group. We are, Chelsea Price, Al Estep, Rich McDonald, and myself. We'll be participating in an AIM ay Melanoma Walk in Charlotte, NC November 17th and invite you to join us. Now, for those blogs:
Adventures With My Enemy...Melanoma by Chelsea Price
Black Is The New Pink by Al Estep
Hotel Melanoma by Rich McDonald
Tan Today, Tumors Tomorrow by Jill Sizemore. Her husband, Eric, died August 3, 2011.
Prayers for Jen by Jen
Melanoma Sucks by Melissa
My Journey on Eagle's Wings by Meredith Legg
Jillian's Journey with Melanoma: A Mother's Story by Susan Hayes
SMelanoma Stinks by Michael Alan Brockey. He died November 18, 2011.
Dodged a Bullet by Carolyn Myers
It's Only Melanoma by Becca
Peace, Love, & Melanoma by Lisa
Melanoma Wife by Mindy Anderson
Pale Skin Is In by Tina and Todd Sullivan. Tina died July 22, 2011.
MelanomaGirl by Andrea
Melanoma Research Foundation Blog
AIM At Melanoma Physicians Blog
Traci's Fight by Jason
My Journey Fighting Melanoma by Paul Hummel
Miss Melanoma: The Official Site for the Fun Side of Cancer
The Melanoma Blog by Dr. Lynn Spitler, Director of the Northern California Melanoma Center
Linda's Melanoma Journey by Linda. Linda died March 9, 2009.
Em and Michael's Blog by Emily and Michael McAuliffe
Melanoma Madness by Lynn
Melanoma Updates by Dr. Dr. Bezozo, President and CEO of MoleSafe USA
My Ocular Melanoma: Rob's Story by Rob Lee
2 Battles with Melanoma in 28 Years by Jessica Rogowicz
Club Melanoma by Darryll
Alice In MelanomaLand by Dannette
My Journey with Melanoma by NicholasThornburg
Chaotically Precise: Life, Love, and Melanoma by Les
STRONG ENOUGH by Christina
Embracing My Own Glow
Mommy's Kicking Cancer's Ass by Kelly
Safe in the Sun: From Heel to Healed: My Melanoma Survival Story by Catie Goodman
Pretty in Pale by Katie
Glenna's Blog by The Glenna Kohl Fund for Hope
Prayers for Spencer by Trey Styons
Eye On Melanoma by Suzanne Lescure
The Skin I'm IN...Shining The Light On Melanoma by Alicia B
Melanoma and the City by Erin Youngerberg
E-Nevus Notes by the Family of Evan Coleman
Life's A Beach by Kerri Pierce
Sounds Like Life To Me by Kisma
Just Another Bump in the Road by Jennifer Martin
Your Tan May Be KILLING You... by Donna
32 with Melanoma by Darrell
Melanoma Mom: My daily fight against metastatic melanoma by Jamie
Life with Melanoma Video Blog by Kelsey(this links to Kelsey's youtube channel)
The Ogler by Peter Ogle
Alli's Equilibrium by Alli
Alisa by Alisa and Josh
Melanoma Muppet: No one loves your life more than you do...advocate for yourself by Lynn Luckeroth
Madeleine's Blog by Madeleine
Melanoma Goddess by Samantha Hessel
Respect the Rays by Timna Understein
My journey with defeating stage 3B Malignant Melanoma video blog by Donna M. Piunt
Living with Melanoma by LuAnn Marshall
Light Skinned Mother by Anjannette Figueroa-Bess
Mel with Melanoma by Melissa
My Shovel List by Miranda Parker
Melanoma: Back to life after stage IV by Strong Steph
beyondmytan
Dream.Believe.Win by Jason Hill
The Melanoma Ripple Effect by Jonathan Hayes
NashVegasMom by Amy Willett
Rebekah's Randomness by Rebekah
melanomathletecyclist by Nathan Jones
My Team Vs. Melanoma by Sandy Armstrong DePaolo
my mountain called melanoma by jolainajo
Abnormole by Penelope
Mission "Melanoma" by Pam Bush
Me & My Unwelcome Visitors | Tales of my battle with cancer by Ben Edge
The Bottenberg Family by Braden and Andrea Bottenberg
Letha's Happy Hospital Funtime Blog! by Letha Rodman Melchior
¡Mela-NO-MAS! by Martha Bishop
The Lunsford's Melanoma Journey by Bennie and Janet Lunsford
Trusting His Plan by Sandra
Kathi's Melanoma Journey...A Walk In Faith by Kathi Bailey
Melanoma NO MORE by Donna Pearce
Taking it One Day at a Time by Mama Steg
Dr. Mo Iowa by Dr. Mo Milhem, a melanoma and sarcoma specialist in Iowa
Holy Moly, Melanomy: My LIFE With Melanoma by Amber Vasco
Give a Smile Today by Stacie
Letha's Happy Hospital Funtime Blog! by Letha Rodman Melchior
Amazing Melanoma Mom by Stephanie Keffer
My "Big C" is Christ, cancer is a little c by Kim Andrews
A Day In The Life of A Daisy by Wendy Marie
Melanoma Mama by Donna Helm Regen
Marry Mint by Amanda
melanomathletecyclist by Nathan Jones
My Melanoma Triumph by Adrienne Lotton
The Cupcake v. Cancer by Summer Heath
Waiting for Happy by Kristy Bolte
This Little Light of Mine by Laura May
Read our stories. Look at the pictures and watch the videos of those who have them. Real Life stories of real life people...
Who dare to care
And share
And I am forever humbled to be counted as one of them, blessed,
and grateful.
How wonderful of you to put them all in one spot...I will be forwarding for those that need information...All of you have been such a blessing to me! Hopefully I can like we all dream of...WRITE ABOUT A CURE!
ReplyDeleteThank you for mentioning Dodged a Bullett - Fight Against Melanoma. I appreciate it. I've been quite delinquint in keeeping it up to date and now I have motivation. I guess when things are going well for me, I forget to talk about things. I should remember it's healthy to keep communicating.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn Myers
Thank you for finding my blog and connecting it to others--it is important to us, not only for those of us that are in the fight, but those that have survived. It gives us hope. It keeps us going.
ReplyDeleteChristina McEvoy
www.strongenough-christina.blogspot.com
I really appreciate you adding my blog to this list. It's so great to have a list of all these great sites. I'm looking forward to visiting some of the others.
ReplyDeleteBest,
Katie Wilkes
Thanks so much for adding my blog and for all you do. You are awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for being willing to gather such an amazing group of personal reflections on such an insipid and ruthless enemy. Our collective goal appears to not just take on the emotional reality of our lives, but to spur on the work that will render our stories as footnotes in history, that a curative process might be discovered so that others may only experience our grief through our words and not their own experience.
ReplyDeleteI have a blog for my husband. He is 35 years old with Stage IV melanoma. He was diagnosed in January of 2012. Our blog is martinfamilyjourney.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know, Jennifer! I've added you to the list. Prayers for all of you, friend. If either, or both, of you are on Facebook and need support contact me through Melanoma Prayer Center.
DeleteThank you so much for adding me to your melanoma blog list! It's a WE thing for sure! WE all need to spread the word!
ReplyDeletemylifewithmelanoma.blogspot.com is my melanoma journey in blog form. Perhaps you would consider adding my blog to your list. I think you're doing a wonderful thing and your blog is very helpful. I try to read as many other fellow melanoma blogs as possible. With this site I've found many more to read. Thank you, LuAnn Marshall
ReplyDeleteThanks heaps for adding mine! And, there were plenty on your list that I hadn't heard of yet, so am looking forward to checking them out :)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Kylie :)
Thanks for listing us all in one spot! We are an ARMY!! :)
ReplyDeleteYou've got THAT right!
DeleteThis is such an amazing list! Thank you for all that you do! XOXO
ReplyDeleteI never replied to your post on my blog (I'm so sorry!). Thanks so much for sharing my blog with your followers/fellow melanoma community!
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about it! I appreciate that you share you story. Blessings!
DeleteCarol, I just saw this list! It is wonderful. And thanks for including mine. I will be soaking up the info in these blogs. I really appreciate all of the information I've gotten from you. I am a writer at heart & I hope someday my blog can help somebody else. I do feel like we are family. Hugs, Kathi
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it and that it's helpful! Keep writing. You never know who's reading, so I'm sure, just by being "out there" that you're helping people. Blessings, Kathi!
DeleteThank you for adding my Give A Smile Today site Carol. I've visited many blogs in the past but had no idea that there are so many. I will be visiting them as well. Thanks for sharing the list! Stacie
ReplyDeleteWe're in this together, Stacie. Blessings!
Delete