Melanoma Black Monday

With the best of intentions I’m sure, the American Academy of Dermatology is touting the wearing of orange on Melanoma Monday, May 6, and has invited us all to take part in their “Spot Orange” event to promote “skin cancer” awareness. I’m not sure how these good folks came up with this air ball of an idea, but it’s clear they didn’t consult any actual melanoma patients before launching their promotion. Sorry, AAD, but I’m not going to walk around on Melanoma Monday looking like a giant Cheeto.

Please join your fellow melahomies/molemates/melanistas in wearing black on Melanoma Monday. The official facebook page for Melanoma Black Monday, a counter-cultural event for people who actually have melanoma (and their loved ones and friends) and wish to promote awareness of a potentially deadly disease that “isn’t just skin cancer” by wearing our real awareness color, is:

https://www.facebook.com/events/313045752156540/?ref=2

On this eve of Melanoma Awareness Month, I’ll sign off with the Hotel Melanoma rendition of “Back Where You Belong” from .38 Special…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz6l0KsgM5s




I heard you're asking how I'm feeling
I guess I'll play it day by day
I'm still around now, my parts are healing
But something's never gonna change
'Cause now I know cure ain't easy to find
I used to glow, now I'm saving my hide

I know that cures, they don't come easy
We’ve looked so long, it's been hard to find
So love, you must believe me
Ain't gonna get it snipped away
I know I was wrong
I want you black where you belong
Want you black where you belong
Black where you belong

I laid around now, I've done some peeling
I found that sun could leave skin through
And so U’s gone now, my head is healing
Don't wanna be that son sun-hued
And so I go, with sunscreening to hide me
'Cause I know what I'm leaving behind

I know that cures, they don't come easy
We’ve looked so long, it's been hard to find
So love, you must believe me
Ain't gonna get it snipped away
I know I was wrong
I want you black where you belong
Want you black where you belong
Black where you belong

I guess sometimes I stop and think it’s over
Everything that I’ve been through
These parts of mine may never find another
Who bugs me just the way mel do
Hey mates

I heard you're asking how I'm feeling
I guess I'll play it day by day
I'm still around now, my parts are healing
But something's never gonna change
'Cause now I know cure ain't easy to find
I used to glow, now I'm saving my hide

I know that cures, they don't come easy
We’ve looked so long, it's been hard to find
So love, you must believe me
Ain't gonna get it snipped away
I know I was wrong
I want you black where you belong
Black where you belong, hey, hey

I know that cures, they don't come easy
We’ve looked so long, it's been hard to find
And so love, you must believe me
Ain't gonna get it snipped away, baby