I’m feeling better. I've learned that surgical removal of early stage melanomas like mine is extremely successful and that the long–term survival rate is extremely high, so much so that one academic source called surgery a ‘cure.’ However, that was the only time that word has appeared anywhere in the literature I’ve reviewed.
Ignorance is most certainly not bliss. At least not all of the time.
I cannot completely relax. Melanomas do frequently recur: witness my mother’s three. And I’m even more fair–skinned than her. So I have to remain super–vigilant. I have to be extra thoughtful about my sun exposure. And I will be seeing a dermatologist quarterly. That alone will serve as a potent reminder.
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