We're just too young!

We are living in a crazy world right now! Two of my friends are being checked for breast cancer and it scares me! One is just 2 months older than me and the other is only a couple of years older than me! Then I have my own to be scared about...not breast cancer but skin cancer. It's been hard for me to admit it, but I finally went to a dermatologist. This summer we took the new boat out on Roosevelt lake. It was like in April or May, and I put sunscreen on in the weeee early morning. Well, after tube riding I never put my shirt back on to cover my shoulders. Yes, I make look a little dark, but I have really fair skin. Anyway, I got home and I noticed I was red..but didn't think anything of it until I woke up and took a shower. I was so blistered! My shoulders were completely covered in monstrous blisters! I couldn't even were a bra to church, so I found my old school jumper just to hide behind it. (Too much info??). Anyway, it only got worse from there. The blisters started combining into bigger ones, and then started leaking some yellow stuff, I mean draining down my back! All I can say, is that I am grateful to work from home 4 days a week and that I live alone, because I couldn't even wear a shirt! Well, after weeks of putting some highly medicated cream on it (from the doctor) it finally dried up. Then my shoulders are still a different color than the rest of me...and I have these huge brown freckle looking things. I decided to get them checked. The doctor froze them and told me if they turn black then I needed to call him. They instantly turned black! And I panicked! The doctor has been out since and I haven't been able to get a hold of him until last Friday, and he said that so far it's ok...I'm still scared! We are too young to have to worry about cancer! So, to all of you out there reading this...Wear SUNSCREEN...shirts, hats, or whatever...don't let your skin get burned, it's not worth it!

Sorry for the TMI :)