Skin Cancer, it's no Joke

[dgax65]

There was a similar skin cancer awareness post on the Australian Kayak Fishing Forum a few years ago.

http://www.akff.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2907

Quite an eye opener.

Like most, I never thought about skin cancer when I was young. Even as my grandparents and mother were regularly getting little bits of their ears, faces and arms cut away, it just didn't sink in. It wasn't until getting severely sunburned on a long July fishing session at La Jolla did I really start taking it seriously. Although I know it won't prevent damage done over the years, I now never go out with sun protection. Long sleeves, long pants, big hat or head cover and zinc sun block on any exposed skin.

[T Bone]

You better believe cancer is no joke.

No one knows that better than me and my son.

Except for Matt(Moyer) and everyone else who cancer has affected.

Word around the campfire is that because of the poor tournament turnout the last two years there may be no Moyer tourney this year.This is unacceptable.

Please let Matt or Jim know that you support this cause and the tournament.

[T Bone]

Sorry Jimmy to hijack but the cancer topic is my personal soapbox to preach from.We were helped out by proceeds from the Moyer tourney when this was our life.
My son is now 19 months cancer free(thank you Jesus)but we still have that in our thoughts constantly.

Jimmy-prayers sent...

[Bennyblanco]

That last picture just broke my heart,I literally had a tear on my eye.i have two children myself I just could imagine how hrd it can be.
Best wishes to all of you.

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by T Bone

You better believe cancer is no joke.

No one knows that better than me and my son.

Except for Matt(Moyer) and everyone else who cancer has affected.

Word around the campfire is that because of the poor tournament turnout the last two years there may be no Moyer tourney this year.This is unacceptable.

Please let Matt or Jim know that you support this cause and the tournament.

I'm not sure what the deal was last year with the tournament but there was a very low turnout for it and in years past there were over a couple hundred people involved. I too would hate to see the tournament not continue on so I will show my support and give my efforts to help keep it going. I think we all need to let them know how much we all want to keep it going.

Thank you for the post, no worries about the Hi-Jack. My feeling is the more we all realize that we are not immune to possibly getting cancer of some sort, the more we ALL can make efforts to prevent it, or fight it better. I'm actually working on a Sun shade device that I will post up when I have it ready. This has caused me to become inventive if you will.