My wife had been at me for several years to have my Dr look at a small “freckle” looking spot in the middle of my upper back. I could never remember to ask my Dr to look at it until one time when I was at my annual checkup. I said my wife has been bugging the crap outta me about a spot on my back. She looked at it and said it doesn’t look like much but I’ll send you to a dermatologist and let him look at it. He says the same thing but decides to biopsy it. I go back to work in Papua New Guinea a week later when they call back and said I need to come in immediately as it was stage 2 melanoma. When I got back home, he cut out a spot that took 13 staples to sew up. He told me that I was lucky and probably would have had really bad problems with it in the future had he not removed it. That was in 2019 and you won’t see me outside in the sun for an extended period without a long sleeve shirt on. Fishing or at the river/beach, I’ve got one on plus a big sun hat. I go back to him every year for a look see. So far so good. Do not take it for granted as it kills a pile of men every year and it’s easily preventable.
