Tiff's Turn

Surgery day last week for my recent Melanoma diagnosis went well. It was a long day, but successful. I still don't have the lymph node biopsy results just yet, but the good news is the surgical oncologist said she was 97% sure that the cancer had not spread . That's reassuring! I just want to take a moment, on the official "Melanoma Monday" which kicks off the Melanoma Awareness month of May,  to reiterate the importance of protecting yourself while out in the sun, plus getting your moles checked by a dermatologist. I had no idea- my doctor did not prepare me for- what this excision would look like on my back. I did not envision my back looking like Freddy Krueger and his knife fingers got ahold of me in a nightmare: That is almost an 8 inch cut. Yes, I would rather have that scar than cancer. But that doesn't mean that the shock of seeing that, not knowing what it would be like, shouldn't have been there, followed by tears coming from my eyes. I sh