tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320450055573507207.post4510746950598278688..comments2024-03-26T16:20:50.357-04:00Comments on Attitude of Gratitude: There Are More Than 921,780 Reasons To Take Melanoma SeriouslyCarol Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930711637707595995noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320450055573507207.post-54353318013445806132013-11-12T09:02:31.730-05:002013-11-12T09:02:31.730-05:00Maybe we need to start asking that "It won...Maybe we need to start asking that "It won't happen to me" crowd if they would keep tanning if they were told they were going to die because of it. They hear "it might" or "it can." Maybe they need to imagine being told they ARE going to die because of that tan and consider is it still worth it. Then hit them with the stats that they just might be told that.<br /><br />I don't know, Jill. I wish I had all the answers. I can't wrap my mind around 6th graders tanning! Some of them aren't going to live to see HS graduation. <br /><br />Good luck with your efforts! Some will listen. Blessings!Carol Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930711637707595995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320450055573507207.post-19214519296056982892013-11-11T20:16:39.159-05:002013-11-11T20:16:39.159-05:00Well said, Carol! I need you to come up here to Oh...Well said, Carol! I need you to come up here to Ohio and speak to the teens we will be working with as Prom time approaches! It is a start here; I am linking with a local organization to do some education and a prom no-tan pledge. We have a large number of student who tan in the bed/booth. Even kids in the middle school...yes, 6th-8th graders. Lots of freshman girls do; they are 14 years old! I show them my scar all the time; but, they don't think it will happen to them. We need to teach them (and model!) that pale is beautiful and that we should love ourselves in the skin we're in.<br />I think I've told you this before, but I can count 6 folks who've had a melanoma diagnosis in our small rural district...and one is at the end of his journey right now, in hospice care, it's only a matter of days they say. So sad. I'm so fortunate. I know that. But, man it haunts me every day. Every time I take a step and feel that incision still pulling (7 months post surgery) and I have to look at it about 100 times a day too...but, it's a reminder to take better care than I did the first 40 years.<br />PS- I used iodine in baby oil....what were we thinking???<br />I use a sunscreen now that actually smells good (like coconuts!) called SunBum- pricey, but wonderful...<br />Thanks for all that you do!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569784874317482619noreply@blogger.com