Reply With QuoteI suppose when you are used to the sun....Originally Posted by Arapiles
ChatterBox
SubscriberActually, I have been wearing sunblock on the sunny days.
Arapiles
2014 D4 HSE
Wizard
SupporterI suppose when you are used to the sun....
Swaggie
no such thing as getting used to the sun
I am just recovering from removal of skin cancers , one on my face which required plastic surgery, the other on my right shoulder which has required surgical removal and 20 radiation therapy sessions , all up near 3 months of hospital and specialist treatment , all my fault really because I really didn't pay attention to warnings.
SO, WARNINGS.....
WEAR A HAT , USE SUNSCREEN , COVER UP WHEN IN THE SUN.
I'm going to annoy the **** out of everyone I know over this....the damage is unneccessary.
RoverLord
Beautiful day here, sunshine, calm, and just below 10 degrees.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
OldBushie
SubscriberTwo out of three ain't bad.
'sit bonum tempora volvunt'
Killer Wabbit!
I don't know why Australia doesn't work on the Mexican model!
To me, in summer, it would make far more sense to all start work early, knock off during the hottest part of the day then go back to work late in the day.
I realize this may not work for every industry but maybe most.
Jonesfam
Swaggie
Yes need to get checked over when young to catch them,BCC,SCC,etc,while they are small.
I am in the same boat,didnt listen to warnings,spent many years on the beaches of Fraser island when i was young,lived in Qld 99% of my life,loved surf fishing and the outdoors in general,worked as a Tradie outdoors,have fair complexion.
I hated wearing long pants and long sleeved shirts in the hot weather,which in hindsight was stupid,particularly working on roofs.
I am up to number 79,mainly BCC's,burnt off,or cut off,in the last 5 yrs,going to the one specialist.
Also have had a couple of SCC's cut off as well.
The biggest ones have had cuts of around 50mm long,but luckily no plastic surgery yet.
Although i have had a couple cut off near my eye by a plastic surgeon as the specialist wouldnt do them.
My skin isnt getting any younger,so no doubt there is trouble ahead
Wizard
Have what I think are 2 on my arm. Trouble here is convincing the doctor (will not call it a battle yet) to give me a referral to a specialist who can check and determine if am right or wrong. Had to go through the same with he last one I spotted
Wizard
We are it seems in what is shaping up to be a dry period or at least that is what the media is banging on about all the time. Why then has it been raining for a week and the forecast is rain next week?
RoverLord
Something that would not happen here. About fifteen years ago I was visiting a niece and she commented "the top of your ear is bleeding". So the next day I went to my doctor. He was not in, so I saw one of his colleagues. He looked at it, and immediately called the skin specialist in the same building, who fitted me in an hour later, looked at it, took a needle biopsy, and sent it off.
About ten days later the results came back - melanoma. Within a couple of weeks I was in Sydney, where I had a six hour operation that left me without most of the right ear and most of the lymphatic system in that side of my neck.
A couple of points to ponder. My father died from melanoma and I am fair skinned, but not very fair. My hair is brown rather than blonde (these days it is grey, what there is of it!). Most cases of melanoma result from getting sunburnt before the age of fifteen. I recall that I very rarely got sunburnt as a child, but we did not wear hats to school and I almost certainly got sunburnt ears - short back and sides haircut.
Most other skin cancers result from sun exposure over a prolonged period. as a result, I see a skin specialist every six months - usually a few small spots to remove. Last few visits only a couple frozen off, last one in May, nothing; but he still wants to see me in November.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
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