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Let me start off by saying cancer of any kind is a serious matter.  I am making fun of myself, not a horrid disease.<\/p>\n

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I have been getting a month\u2019s worth of sunshine during the hours before the temperature becomes unbearable.  The rest of the year I spend steadily growing whiter.  <\/p>\n

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I was in my lawn-chair with my shuffle playing on porta-speakers, talking to my son.  I looked down and there on the inner part of my lower leg I found a brown bump that I had never seen before.  <\/p>\n

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We both peered into the mysterious light brown spot.  I began to worry.  One month of sunshine and I get skin cancer to offset my tan?  How fair is that?  Well, the Big C is never fair.  <\/p>\n

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Once inside I told my darling husband about it.  <\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat do you think?\u201d  I asked.  \u201cMaybe, I should put a circle around it with a sharpie.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He leans in close, looks through is bifocals and says, \u201cThat is a pine tree sticky thing.\u201d  <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I called my son inside to witness the miracle and peeled the sticky thing off.  <\/p>\n

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To all of you out there basking in the sunshine, be careful.  <\/p>\n

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Till next time, don\u2019t touch anything sharp!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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