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Just Diagnosed with Early Stage Melanoma

C.C. asks from Chicago

I am a 42 yo mom to a 4 yo girl and a 6month old litltle boy and just got this mindnumbing news yesterday. I am told that I will need to come in for a wide local exci...

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"Watching" a Mole

R.M. asks from Los Angeles

As you know, I have a lot of health anxiety.. I had my 6 month skin check (history of one non-melanoma skin cancer and one removal with atypical cells) and the dermat...

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I Have a 5 Month Old and I Just Found Out a Have Cancer....

C.S. asks from Dallas

Hi, This is only my second or third tme on mamasource, but everyone is so awesome I feel like I can talk to you guys. Sometimes it is easier to talk to strangers....

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Remembering "Grandma" During the Holidays

D.B. asks from Los Angeles

I am looking for some ideas or suggestions on how to remember my mother during the holidays this year. My mother died of Melanoma in April, as quickly as she was diag...

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My Sister

V.L. asks from Boston

We lost our mother last summer and my sister has been recently diagnosed with liver cancer. We are not very close but as I am her younger sister (she is 57 and I am ...

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What Are Your Thoughts About an Adult Daughter Too Busy to See Her Sick Mom?

M.Z. asks from Seattle

I have been diagnosed with Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma, and my prognosis is fairly dire -- I may only have months to live, not years. Although my daughter only live...

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Tanning

K.G. asks from Pocatello

Hi moms, I just had some questions about tanning. I am very fair skinned and have never really tanned before, but I'm going to be in a wedding at the end of June and ...

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New Mole...

J.H. asks from Oklahoma City

I have quite a few moles, none to big or different looking, but i found a new one on my head right next to the part in my hair. It's about the size of a pencil eraser...

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Spot on Husband's Nose

D.F. asks from Detroit

Hello Everyone, Not a worry wort - ok - maybe I am...my hubby, about a couplle weeks ago, asked if I noticed anything on his nose. I said no, well, now that's all...

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Tanning Salon and Teen

M.C. asks from Detroit

Hi Moms, I've been talking to my 15 year old daughter about the dangers of tanning using tanning salons. I don't want her to tan, but she lives with her dad and ...

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  • bigger than a pencil eraser in 2 answers "said not to worry about moles unless they have grown bigger than a pencil eraser ..."
  • gradual tanning lotions in 2 answers "The gradual tanning lotions have always worked really well for me and have never left ..."
  • likely to develop melanoma in 2 answers "... that people who use tanning beds are up to 4X as likely to develop melanoma ..."
  • early stage melanoma in 2 answers "My SIL had early stage melanoma removed years ago - two or three of them on her legs."
  • tend to turn orange in 2 answers "I have found that spray on tans look uneven on me and tend to turn orange."