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Title: Share: "Dear 16-year-old Me"
Post by: okarol on May 20, 2011, 01:56:34 PM

Share: "Dear 16-year-old Me" - Real people whose lives have been touched by melanoma. These are not actors. Skin cancer is a risk for transplant patients. Please pass it on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jgUcxMezM

Title: Re: Share: "Dear 16-year-old Me"
Post by: WishIKnew on May 20, 2011, 04:54:28 PM

Thank you for sharing this!  I shared it on my facebook page.  Good video.  One we all need to see/hear!

Title: Re: Share: "Dear 16-year-old Me"
Post by: Rerun on May 20, 2011, 04:57:06 PM

My good friend died March 10, of this year due to a mole on her foot that turned out to be melanoma.  Very sad.   :(

Title: Re: Share: "Dear 16-year-old Me"
Post by: natnnnat on June 10, 2011, 12:02:13 AM

Yes, this is very important for kidney people as skin cancers may have their beginings long before they "flare up". 
I had a friend with a kidney tranplant who died of skin cancer on the eyelid.  It was a terrible, slow death. 
I keep a very watchful eye on Gregory's various skin abnormalities (moles etc).  He has had a patch cut off the side of his head above one ear, and I think the other side will go that way too at some point.  He visits a skin specialist every 6 months.

Be sun smart!