A Little Poke

Sometimes we are prodded by the unexpected to do the right thing. Case in point:

I recently read a very sad blog written by a friend of mine. He told the story of losing a dear friend quite suddenly to skin cancer. It was wrenching because his friend was only in his 40s and died just weeks after being diagnosed.

That was all I needed. The next day I made an appointment with my dermatologist to finally have him look at this sketchy patch on my shoulder. It had been there for a while and I'd kept putting off having it looked at. Well the dermatologist didn't much like what he saw. He said it could be pre-cancerous (not good) or basal cell carcinoma (still less good). He treated it immediately, and, God willing, that will be the end of that.

The take away -- if you feel like you're getting a cosmic poke ... pay attention!