Melanoma Skin Cancer Archives - The Mountain Kitchen https://www.themountainkitchen.com/worth-a-blog/melanoma-skin-cancer/ FOOD WITH A VIEW Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:48:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-TMK2015-icon-54cee94bv1_site_icon-1-32x32.png Melanoma Skin Cancer Archives - The Mountain Kitchen https://www.themountainkitchen.com/worth-a-blog/melanoma-skin-cancer/ 32 32 Melanoma Early Detection: Vectra Whole Body 3D Imaging https://www.themountainkitchen.com/melanoma-early-detection/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/melanoma-early-detection/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:00:37 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=58541 examination chair at dermatologist officeInvasive melanoma in people is increasing around the world and delayed detection has a significant impact on your health. My heart sank in my chest when I realized that I have not written a single melanoma awareness post in over a year. I am disappointed in myself for not sharing skin cancer awareness posts more
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/melanoma-early-detection/feed/ 6 Melanoma Awareness: I am aware of Melanoma every day, are you? https://www.themountainkitchen.com/melanoma-awareness/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/melanoma-awareness/#comments Wed, 09 May 2018 13:47:51 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=51520 Debbie in doctor's officeMay is Melanoma Awareness Month, but I am aware of melanoma every day. Are you? I think the worst thing about skin cancer is that everyone knows what causes it, but no one seems to care about the dangers of sun exposure. Take it from me, a naive young woman, who loved the glow of
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/melanoma-awareness/feed/ 15 Farewell 2017: A Look Back https://www.themountainkitchen.com/farewell-2017-look-back/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/farewell-2017-look-back/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:44:42 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=41383 This year has been kind of strange. The weather started out really cold and by the time it warmed up all we seemed to do was wait for our new deck to be built and before we knew it Christmas was here! Let's take a look back at 2017. | TheMountainKitchen.comThis year has been good but kind of strange. The weather started out really cold and by the time it warmed up all we seemed to do was wait for our new deck to be built and before we knew it Christmas was here! 2017 went by so fast, I actually had to pull up
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/farewell-2017-look-back/feed/ 15 Let’s Catch Up! July 2017 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/lets-catch-up-july-2017/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/lets-catch-up-july-2017/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:40:41 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=37689 Friends, Let's catch up! I’ve been distant from the blog this year, and I feel compelled to write a post to catch up with what’s been going on in 2017.  | TheMountainKitchen.comHello my friends, let’s catch up! I feel like I’ve been really distant from the blog this year, and I felt compelled to write a post to catch up with what’s been going on in 2017. I love to cook and share recipes with you all. I appreciate your patience and your readership. It truly means
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/my-first-clear-skin-check/feed/ 12 Overcoming My Fear of Melanoma {Melanoma Awareness https://www.themountainkitchen.com/fear-of-melanoma/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/fear-of-melanoma/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2017 17:22:09 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=23405 Debbie worried about test resultsOvercoming my fear of melanoma is not going to be easy. I dread every doctor’s appointment, and I have developed a terrible case of “White Coat Syndrome.” I want to be able to go into a doctor’s office and not have them recheck my blood pressure because it’s too high. I’d like to not jump out
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/fear-of-melanoma/feed/ 18 Third Skin Check Results in Excision #4 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/third-skin-check-results-excision-4/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/third-skin-check-results-excision-4/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:09:42 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=22443 bare torso with scarMy third skin check since having melanoma removed from my leg last December didn’t go as well as I had hoped. My dermatologist biopsied two more places; on my arm and another just under my rib on my right side. The good news is that I received my first benign biopsy report, but I also
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/third-skin-check-results-excision-4/feed/ 12 Another 3 Months… Another Skin Check for Melanoma https://www.themountainkitchen.com/another-3-months-another-skin-check-for-melanoma/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/another-3-months-another-skin-check-for-melanoma/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:54:27 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=22076 calendar pageAnother 3-Months…Another skin check. Today I go in for my third skin check since I had a melanoma removed from my leg last December.  If you have been following along in my fight against Melanoma, then you are aware that I must have skin checks every 3 months as part of my follow-up treatment. This
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/another-3-months-another-skin-check-for-melanoma/feed/ 30 Learning To Live As A Melanoma Survivor https://www.themountainkitchen.com/learning-to-live-as-a-melanoma-survivor/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/learning-to-live-as-a-melanoma-survivor/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:37:57 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=21582 Learning to live as a melanoma survivor.I’m sorry I don’t have a recipe for you today. In my efforts to raise awareness about Melanoma, I want to update you about what’s been going on since I was diagnosed with Stage 1B Melanoma. I’ve learned a lot about Melanoma in the past six months, but my challenge has been learning to live
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]]> https://www.themountainkitchen.com/learning-to-live-as-a-melanoma-survivor/feed/ 15 My Melanoma Story: The Sun’s Deadly Kiss https://www.themountainkitchen.com/my-melanoma-story-2/ https://www.themountainkitchen.com/my-melanoma-story-2/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:27:56 +0000 https://www.themountainkitchen.com/?p=18399 Melanoma Awareness RibbonI know I have been distant and haven’t been posting very much lately, but I’m slowly resurfacing. My life was on hold for a little while, after I got biopsy results that a mole removed from my leg was Melanoma. Yes, cancer. I want to share my Melanoma story with you. I have put a
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