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My name rhymes with "Lisa," I live in Midland, Texas, because it's warm and the mortgage is cheap, and of course this is my natural hair color. Of course! The EGE--The Ever-Gorgeous Earl--is my husband of 35 years. I have the best job in the world because I get to call up artists and ask them nosy questions and then write about them. I also stitch, podcast, blog, and then, in my spare time, do it all some more.

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Monday, May 30, 2011

Thanks, Kelly Rae

Kelly Rae Roberts posted this video on her blog today. I think it's a really important message, so I'm posting it here. Please go read her posts here and here to know why she's spreading the message.

Then watch the video:

Then check your skin, please. Here's my reminder from three years ago. You can barely see it now, but I know it's there:

 I was lucky. Very, very lucky. You can be, too. Please.

XO

6 comments:

Andrea R said...

Thanks, Ricë. My mother died of malignant melanoma when she was 3 days shy of 57 years old. I have my skin checked by a dermatologist EVERY year. I've had several carcinomas removed, none melanoma...but I'm not taking any chances.
This was a wonderful video. Thanks again.

CynthiaMarie said...

Thank you for sharing this with us. I work with a young lady who is fighting this now.

Crazy for Art said...

Yeah, melanoma took my best friend, but it was a rare kind INSIDE her sinuses. She fought for 3 years and lost.

Chris F said...

Feel very lucky that mine was caught by a sharp-eyed dermatologist after TWO doctors said it was "nothing to worry about"! Continue to check my skin regularly.

Ricë said...

A dermatologist told me mine "was nothing to worry about." I got my OB/GYN to take it off, anyway. He, too, thought it was nothing but did it anyway because I insisted.

Suella said...

Thank you Rice,
I have keratoses (keratosi?) that I'm treating with a topical ointment prescribed to me by the doctor. I need to go and have them checked again.

This reminder is very timely.

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