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On the subject of sun exposure, my cousin who lived in San Diego and spent a lot of time in the sun died of an undiagnosed white melanoma (I think they’re pretty rare).

In our last conversation before he died, he told me not to rely on a general practitioner to check for precancer/cancer on my skin. He said to be checked by a dermatologist. After that, I switched to a new health plan and since my dad had been having spots frozen off his face, I asked the general doc to have a look. He said I looked fine and I told him about my cousin and asked to see a specialist - the dermatologist saw me in a few weeks and froze off five or six spots.

For those of us who like to fish, especially you guys in Florida and similar places, we need to cover up AND be checked by a specialist.