Wednesday 13th May 

Chasing a tan 
As skin bakes to gold 
But in every scar 
There's a story to be told 
Youthful ignorance 
Now cancer has a hold 

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May is Melanoma Awareness Month 
Protect the skin you're in 
Save your ass 

Tuesday 12th May 

Sunscreen, sunscreen 
Put it on your skin 
Big hat, big hat 
Wear it with a grin 

Seek shade, seek shade 
In the heat of the day 
Water, water 
Don't delay 

Cover up, cover up 
UPF clothing 
Protect, protect 
No bare skin exposing 

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Melanoma Awareness 
Protect your skin 
Use sunscreen 
Save your ass 

Monday 11th May

Melanoma 
It changes you 
Things aren't the same 
As once you knew 

Questions asked 
A pity party 
Why did this 
Happen to me? 

You liked the sun 
You got a tan 
No protection 
No master plan 

Yet through the shadows 
Dawn can break 
Though Melanoma 
Has changed the stakes 

Resilience blooms 
From the ache and strife 
Finding new ways 
To embrace this life 

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Melanoma Awareness 
Protect the skin you're in 
Save your ass

Sunday 10th May 

Don’t fry, don’t burn 
The warnings echo clear 
A simple choice 
Could save a life so dear 
Melanoma lurks 
Where sunlight touches skin
A silent thief 
That enters deep within 

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May is Melanoma Awareness Month 
Protect your skin

Saturday 9th May 

Melanoma kills 
When caution's thrown 
A price too steep 
A life to bemoan 

With every sunbeam 
Just take care 
For beauty's cost 
Can be unfair 

So cherish light 
But guard your skin 
A lesson learned 
There's hope within 

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May is Melanoma Awareness Month 
Protect your skin

Friday 8th May 

If I knew then 
What I know now 
I'd shout the truth 
I'd take a vow 

The sun that tanned 
My youthful skin 
Held secrets hidden 
Deep within 

A golden glow 
A lavish sheen 
Yet now I grasp  
What once had been 

If I had known 
The sun's fierce glare 
Could steal the years 
I wasn't aware 

Shoulda shielded arms 
And my face 
Then found shade 
In an open space 

Woulda slathered 
Sun lotion thick 
A daily, careful 
Sunscreen slick  

Coulda heeded warnings 
They were so clear 
Banished every 
Childhood fear 

The sun holds secrets 
In its gentle glow 
Melanoma waits 
The truth I didn’t know 

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May is Melanoma Awareness Month 

Thursday 7th May 

The mole on my toe 
Just started to grow 
And I did not know 
It would change me so 

Melanoma, Ohh! 
Spreading to and fro 
Lymph nodes, tallyho 
Recovery, slow 

No more suntan glow 
Seek shade, way to go 
Fight for tomorrow 
Challenge this foe 

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Melanoma Awareness 
Look after your skin 
It's your largest organ 

Wednesday 6th May 

In shadows cast by silent fears 
A tale unfolds dispelling tears 
It's Melanoma's ominous trace 
In CT scans a hopeful grace 

No Metastatic evidence found 
Normal echoes all around 
Colonoscopy results in too 
Polyps removed all's good, thank you 

Ten years in the clinical trial 
Grateful heart evokes a small smile 
Quietly high-fiving the uneasy unseen 
A dance with hope where fears have been 

No jinx is cast just caution's thread 
Vigilance lingers where worries tread 
Safe sun care an eternal oath 
Copious sunscreen prevents cancer growth 

Malignant Melanoma a sneaky beast 
The worry's still there but there's hope at least 
A healthy lifestyle common sense in the sun 
Enjoying this life the battle's near won 

Melanoma Awareness 

Ten years in a clinical trial, researching the adjuvant treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma, looking at survival rates and side effects.
The Combi-Ad Trial, combining Dabrafenib and Trametinib, reducing occurrence by as much as 50%, now approved by NICE and the NHS.


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Tuesday 5th May 

It's another year 
And scan time's here 
Clinical trial 
Different lifestyle

Nurse so caring
Always sharing
Fears to dispel
Inner thoughts dwell

Uncertainty 
Hangs heavily 
Settling in 
Mind tailspin

What works for one 
Not everyone 
Hope for the best 
With every test 

Waiting for results
Quickening pulse
Scary and tense
Worry's immense

So, vigilance 
And surveillance 
A sneaky beast 
Heed changes at least 

Melanoma 
Melanoia 
Scanxiety 
Anxiety

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Melanoma Awareness 
Regular scans were part of my treatment 
More than 30 of them 
Scanxiety..... emotional response to uncertainty.....fear of the cancer returning 

Monday 4th May 

Melanoma Monday 
A call to be aware 
Of dangers lurking 
In the sun's warm glare

A reminder to be vigilant 
In it's golden glow 
To protect our skin 
From harm we may not know 

Vigilance is key 
In the battle we face 
Against Melanoma 
Our lives to embrace 

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