It's October and October is the time for breast cancer awareness. These pink ribbon white chocolate Oreo pops are great for raising awareness and showing support. Plus, you can honestly make the ribbon in any color you would like because cancer comes in all colors. Cancer. It has taken a lot from me and my family. I will never understand the amount of power it has or why it strikes the way View Post
The Girl Who Got The Golden Buzzer
When I say the words " Golden Buzzer " do you know what I'm talking about? I'll be the first to admit that it's not often that we watch television shows the actual night of. Everything seems to be on a delay at our house. We tend to watch a lot of Netflix and Hulu around here. Friends, I don't even have a DVR. No cable. Just the rabbit ears hidden behind the television. Feels kind of like View Post
Melanoma Hope Network Fundraiser
Did you know that May is Melanoma Awareness Month? It is. I think that it's quite fitting for the month before summer to be the one to raise much needed awareness for melanoma. In another month or so people all over will be enjoying the outdoors and many will NOT be wearing sunscreen. Perhaps they already are. There have already been a few warm and sunny days here in St. Louis. Do you wear View Post
Cancer Colors: It’s Not Just About The Pink
I first posted my thoughts about this topic on the Dandy Giveaway blog back in 2013. My thoughts haven't changed and I figured that it was time to share again. So here it goes... There are so many different cancer colors. Did you know that? Basically every color of the rainbow plus some. But for some reason we primarily hear about the pink color. Not always the other colors. Image View Post
Eyelid Basal Cell Carcinoma: Can You See It?
When I was diagnosed with lower eyelid basal cell carcinoma I was shocked. So very shocked. Mostly because the doctor and I had both known about the spot on my lower eyelid for a while. It was just this skin color spot. Nothing to be concerned about. Probably a sebaceous cyst the doctor had said last year. No need to be alarmed. Totally benign. Definitely not cancer… And yet… It was. I View Post
The Smile Of A Melanoma Fighter
When you search "images of melanoma" you will find so many scary pictures. You'll see slide shows. Charts showing how to identify what is and what isn't. You'll see what I saw in community health classes in college. The ABC's of Melanoma. Textbook images. Painful images. The images of scars. So MANY scars. Images of the progression when left untreated. What going undiagnosed looks like. View Post