Introduction

The "Hotel Melanoma" moniker is a metaphor for living with my particular brand of cancer. Except for those lucky few of us deemed "cured", all we cancer survivors are guests of one of the many, many branded hotels in the "Hotel Carcinoma" chain. We can check out any time we like, but we can never leave. Meanwhile, let's be livin' it up; and please support cancer education, prevention, and treatment research.



Tutu Brothers

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Light No Pyre

First, a couple of bad facts: melanoma is the leading cause of cancer death in women ages 25 to 30 and is second only to that more popular pink cancer in women ages 30 to 34. And there’s really no room for doubt that excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation greatly increases one’s risk of landing here at the Hotel Melanoma. So, please, please use a little common sense, stay out of tanning beds and slap on the sunscreen when you’re enjoying the great outdoors. My “healthy” summer tans weren’t worth the misery of even a single day of biochemotherapy.

Jim Morrison, lead singer for The Doors, was legendary for his self-destructive behavior, so I can’t think of a better song to borrow today than “Light My Fire”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_yWyBjDEaU


You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I didn’t say to you
Girl, you shouldn't be a fryer

Stop it baby, light no pyre
Stop it baby, light no pyre
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire

The time to tempt your fate is through
No time to wallow in sun fire
Fry now you can only lose
And your tan become your funeral pyre

Stop it baby, light no pyre
Stop it baby, light no pyre
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire, yeah

The time to tempt your fate is through
No time to wallow in sun fire
Fry now you can only lose
And your tan becomes your funeral pyre

Stop it baby, light no pyre
Stop it baby, light no pyre
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I didn’t say to you
Girl, you shouldn't be a fryer

Stop it baby, light no pyre
Stop it baby, light no pyre
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire
You’ll regret if skin’s on fire

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