ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE TO BE TAN?
Are you a sun worshipper?
If you are, you are putting your life in danger.
My father died of melanoma back in 1971. 5 years earlier he had a mole removed which
was malignant. Melanoma. They removed all the lymph nodes around the
affected area.
The end of May 1971 he had his 5 year check-up and was declared
cancer free. He was a survivor. After 5 years, they say you are cured. July 3 he got very sick and started throwing
up. He never threw up. They next morning he saw his personal
dr. He did a chest X-ray and his lungs
were metastasized. He was immediately
sent to MD Anderson in Houston. They
also found tumors in his bowels. They
found that the cancer wasn't in his lymph nodes but in his blood stream
depositing cancerous cells along the path.
A week or so later, they discovered a brain tumor. They decided to give him a treatment of
chemotherapy, which was a brand new treatment.
And then they sent him home. Two
weeks later he was transported back to MD Anderson by ambulance. The tumor had grown to the size of one 2
years old.
I took care of him the last month of his life. I was with him 24/7. He was a preacher and he lost his ability to
communicate. That's when he stopped
talking. I had to suction him out just
so he could breathe. It always terrified
him. He couldn't eat. I would make Jello water and squirt it down
the back of his throat. The skin of his
gums started to peel away. I was so glad
when the brain tumor grew through the pain center. He had no control of his bowels. He couldn't stand to have anything on his
skin. The last week of his life the tumors
starting to grow under the top layer of his skin. Little black dots that became little pointed
lumps.
End of May, he was pronounced "cured" after 5
years cancer free. July 5th, he was
diagnosed again. September 5, he was
dead. He was 45 years old. I was only 18. His weight had dropped from 180 to 120. He looked like a little boy wearing his daddy’s
suit.
He lived his life outside where his fair skin was burned
over and over. Please please please
don't spend your time in the sun unprotected.
Just because your skin is dark or tans doesn't mean you are safe from
melanoma. The sun’s rays don't
discriminate. They just damage and
destroy.
45 years young and gone.
At my age now I realize just how young he was. You can prevent melanoma. Put sunscreen on anytime you are in the
sun. The sun is not your friend unless
you are protected.
Melanoma is a terrible way to die. I can assure you that when you are in the
casket not one person will say, "but doesn't she have a pretty
tan."
If you go out in the sun, put on the sunscreen. Do it in memory of my father, Clyde Ogden
Moore. You were taken way too soon,
Daddy.
copyrighted 2015
caryn cannatella
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