God Doesn't Subtract From Our Lives The Days We Spent Fishing--- Oh yeah???

[Sharphooks]

I'm here to tell you......maybe.

I just spent the day with a cancer specialist---had a chunk of meat the size of a quarter cut off my nose. Skin cancer. Too many days out on the water spent....fishing.

Just a reminder to you fair skinned guys out there (Irish lineage, for instance)---if you ever get something on your face that doesn't heal right away, or a bad sun burn that crusts over and suppurates liquid and there's a delay in how it heals, get thee to a dermatologist ASAP.

I first saw something like that on my nose three years ago. It went away. Then this summer it came back--sort of a hard pimple that started bleeding then wouldn't heal

Read the stats on basal and squamous skin-cancer. Read up on melanoma and how its occurrence in even our children is burgeoning these days.

Not usually my habit to be the nattering nabob of negativism but with a pile of stitches in my nose and a deep desire to keep fishing for many more years to come, I thought I'd throw this out there as food for thought

Let's call it------Caveat Piscator.......

 

[scott craven]

Thanks for that Sharphooks, hope all is well and you heal fast.
A good warning for all.

 

[Dave S]

I'm only 33 and I've had 2 basal cells removed from the back of my neck. If you've got blue eyes, light skin, freckles then your at a much higher risk. Don't F@ck with the sun. Rock the zinc......it's cool again!

 

[the rook]

thanks hooks!!

 

[SerengetiGuide]

Same thing with my dad with basal skin cancer, had it removed this summer mid season. Thank goodness he is ok!!! Adds up from years on the water as well as years in the bush logging in the sun and never putting sun screen on until the past couple years!!!

 

[baddogg]

Good post. I've also had a basal and squamous removed. One on my face and one on the back of my hand. All sun damage.