Wear your sunscreen

A few months ago I noticed a spot on the end of my nose. It got a little bit bigger over time and it did not go away. I went to the dermatologist and she took a biopsy. She said that they would call me in a couple of weeks if the results came back cancerous and if everything was fine that they would send a post card. Well, I checked my messages this morning and sure enough they had called. The spot came back as basal cell carcinoma which if you are going to have skin cancer this is the one you want. I was OK with it until I got home. It hit me that I can't afford cancer! We are pretty strapped as it is and now I have to go get a special procedure in which they scrape off skin cells layer by layer, go check them for cancer and then keep scraping until they get every cancerous cell layer. They do it this way because if you take too much it will leave a scar. My mom had it done a couple of months ago for spot on her nose.

I think this is going to cost a pretty penny (atleast $300 and 20% after that).
Plus, I have to take a picture of it because when I finally get an appointment with these people the spot will have healed up from when I had the biopsy. I feel a little wierd having Dave take a pic of my nose.

So, wear your sunscreen. You really don't want to be bothered with this. I got a nice bottle of Neutrogena SPF 55 for my face. I have always worn makeup which has SPF in it but I guess that does not cut it.
I have been good about loading Ava up with sunscreen too. She gets the Neutrogena spray on her body and SPF 55 on her face. She likes it so I am lucky.