Beauty

[stevieb]

On 4/8/2015 depglass said:

CrystalBlue1 was performing a public service calling out the person who implied one vacation's worth of sun was OK for people who have had Melanoma. I've been happy with the new kinder gentler moderators, but they are in error poofing this subject.

And I'm thinking they've gotten a little poof happy... One thread was deleted earlier today that violated absolutely no standards and contained absolutely no snarky remarks, no disagreements and no mention of hosts or vendors. It was simply a discussion of handbags currently sold on QVC. It appears as though the moderator misjudged the title and cut it loose without even looking... In that case, not a really significant issue, but QVC needs to ensure their moderators are held accountable and make reasoned, reasonable and informed decisions about what stays and what goes. At the end of the day, who's monitoring the monitors?

[Crisso]

On 4/8/2015 stevieb said:

On 4/8/2015 depglass said:

CrystalBlue1 was performing a public service calling out the person who implied one vacation's worth of sun was OK for people who have had Melanoma. I've been happy with the new kinder gentler moderators, but they are in error poofing this subject.

And I'm thinking they've gotten a little poof happy... One thread was deleted earlier today that violated absolutely no standards and contained absolutely no snarky remarks, no disagreements and no mention of hosts or vendors. It was simply a discussion of handbags currently sold on QVC. It appears as though the moderator misjudged the title and cut it loose without even looking... Not a huge issue, but QVC needs to ensure their moderators are held accountable and make reasoned, reasonable and informed decisions about what stays and what goes. At the end of the day, who's monitoring the monitors?

I may be in a position to answer this very question tomorrow.

[ShellBell]

On 4/8/2015 A Walker said:

On 4/8/2015 ShellBell said:

On 4/8/2015 Klm said: My beloved sister passed away almost three years ago from melanoma, after many disfiguring surgeries and usless chemo. The doctors told me they had nothing to treat it. Melanoma is terrifying. I heard what the host said and just thought it was sad and irresponsible. Melanoma can occur any place in the body, even those areas never seen by the sun.

My heart goes out to you!! My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma 4 years ago and they gave him a 10% chance of survival. After 4 surgeries and a brutal round of chemo, his cancer remained. His surgeon told us he had 6 months at best. It was so heart wrenching!! His oncologist suggested we try a new form of chemo called Yervoy that had just received FDA approval. It was extremely expensive (thank goodness for insurance!) but it worked!! He's now two years in remission!! I'm so thankful!! And you are so right: Melanoma is terrifying and deadly! My husband never EVER goes out in the sun unless he's completely covered!!

OMG that is amazing and fantastic!!! I hope more and more success is obtained through these newer treatments! What a great story, unlike so many more we hear about melanoma.

It was incredible!! My husband never lost his sense of humor and I think that played a big role is his recovery too. They are coming up with amazing new drugs every day.

[KLm]

Oh, apologies and thanks for the corrected information. I'm not that skilled at posting on the forum.

[OneHappyHiker]

On 4/8/2015 ShellBell said:

On 4/8/2015 A Walker said:

On 4/8/2015 ShellBell said:

On 4/8/2015 Klm said: My beloved sister passed away almost three years ago from melanoma, after many disfiguring surgeries and usless chemo. The doctors told me they had nothing to treat it. Melanoma is terrifying. I heard what the host said and just thought it was sad and irresponsible. Melanoma can occur any place in the body, even those areas never seen by the sun.

My heart goes out to you!! My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma 4 years ago and they gave him a 10% chance of survival. After 4 surgeries and a brutal round of chemo, his cancer remained. His surgeon told us he had 6 months at best. It was so heart wrenching!! His oncologist suggested we try a new form of chemo called Yervoy that had just received FDA approval. It was extremely expensive (thank goodness for insurance!) but it worked!! He's now two years in remission!! I'm so thankful!! And you are so right: Melanoma is terrifying and deadly! My husband never EVER goes out in the sun unless he's completely covered!!

OMG that is amazing and fantastic!!! I hope more and more success is obtained through these newer treatments! What a great story, unlike so many more we hear about melanoma.

It was incredible!! My husband never lost his sense of humor and I think that played a big role is his recovery too. They are coming up with amazing new drugs every day.

After all Klm went through with her sweet sister passing away from melanoma, it was uplifting to read about your dear husband's survival of a very serious stage 4!!!! I mean the devastation that brought to your family and then his recovery!!! Oh my gosh how wonderful! You're right... with the new drugs and new discoveries and things they use (like that HSV1) - it's just crazy that something right in front of our noses one day might be THE cancer cure! For him to have a sense of humor going through all of that...you had to be in constant tears FOR him being so brave. Okay I'm gonna stop now.

[OneHappyHiker]

On 4/8/2015 Klm said: Oh, apologies and thanks for the corrected information. I'm not that skilled at posting on the forum.

Sometimes I'm literally using my fingers on my computer screen to figure out who said what lol. No problem

[suzyQ3]

On 4/8/2015 SandyLouWho said:

On 4/8/2015 suzyQ3 said:

But a few months back, I heard this one, while presenting some anti-theft wallet, say something to the effect of how, yes, and in Europe, you really have to look out for Gypsies.

Now, either she is ignorant of the fact that she slurred an ethnic group, or she doesn't care. Can you imagine if she had said some other ethnic, racial, or religious group? No matter...it was totally inappropriate.

Have you been to Rome? Tourism is their number one industry, and theft is the second. It is sad, but the host is exactly correct. You would likely not believe what I saw in just a few hours waiting in line to get into The Vatican. The thieves set up distractions of many kinds, and then wait for a tired tourist to be less vigilant than they were warned by the tour agents to be. The thieves are exactly who she said they were ~ sad but true.

Inappropriate? Not in my opinion. I wish I'd been warned about this very issue before I got on the tour bus so that I could have been better prepared with just such an anti-theft wallet before arriving in the midst of the best con artists on the planet. I understand your shock and dismay; if I had not seen these things if for myself, I wouldn't have believed it, either.

The truth isn't always pretty, nor appreciated. That doesn't make it untrue, just a hard fact about life.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I have been to Rome.

Your post is disgusting in its painting a whole ethnic group with such a broad brush. It reminds me of all the stereotypes about blacks and Jews and Hispanics, etc.

[suzyQ3]

On 4/8/2015 tigriss said:

On 4/8/2015 A Walker said:

On 4/8/2015 tigriss said:

I agree, no sun exposure is responsible without sunscreen and clothing, especially those that have had any kind of skin cancer at any age. I watched skin cancer eat a hole in my great-grandmother's forehead and the nose off of her face before she passed. There was nothing that could be done in the early 80s. She was a sharecropper and didn't have sun screen at the turn of the century, nor for my grandmother coming up. You wear clothes, sunscreen, hats, and limit your exposure. Remember that you can get sun burned on cloudy days, so wear your sunscreen everyday!

That must have been horrible for you to see her suffer like that, so visibly. I often say I wish kids would be required to view videos of what smoking, the sun, and driving under the influence can do not only to the person but also their families. Some of those new cigarette commercials blew me away. I never saw what was coming next and really took pause to think about the way these types of visuals would be viewed by kids...especially with their lives ahead of them, feeling so very invincible. Anyway, just look at what the sun is doing out west to get an idea of how very powerful it is.

We are farmers, so sun and chemical exposure is just a hazard of life. I am super fair skinned compared to everyone else. They all have the tanning of our Creek Native American ancestors while I got all the recessive genes, the blue eyes, the blond hair, the fair skin, so I have always been aware of sun exposure as it doesn't take much for me to get burned/pink within 20 minutes even with super sun screen. We apply our sun screen every hour like clockwork and 30 minutes before we go out. I have these white spots from sun burns from my childhood. It is as if the skin has lost its coloring. I wear a light, long sleeved shirt when I'm out in the yard, sun screen and my wide brimmed hat.

We had granny with us till she passed, so taking care of her everyday gave us perspective into handling sun exposure. Everyone should this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9BqrSAHbTc

It shows how much sun damage your actually have. It is powerful and will wake even the stupidest person up! Maybe that host should watch it and wake up!

My great aunt died of skin cancer that spread to her bones and her brain. Part of her problem was her vanity since she let it go to the point of needing amputation, but chose not to. She wanted God to heal her. She also took my grandfather's, her father, oxygen and pain meds from him when he was dying from lung cancer because God was going to cure him and then he would be an addict. She was wrong then and wrong till the day she died. She was the wife of a doctor, so she should have known better but allowed her strip mall church to turn her mind for her money. God can heal such things, but if God healed my grandfather, he would have also healed the addiction. The hypocritical thing is that she took her pain meds without fear of getting addicted. She died in 9 months from when they discovered the skin cancer. It was very progressive and aggressive. Even risking the amputation did not guarantee remission, but it was a high chance since it hadn't spread at that point. Once it got into the bones, it just went like wild fire. It didn't help that she used tanning beds once she left the farm furthering her sun damage and risk, but that was her choice. Most of us in the family don't use tanning beds, but self tanners. I use self tanners before going on vacation to reduce the likelihood that I will burn because my skin is tinted darker than normal. That and sun screen have really made a difference in getting pink from any exposure along with applying it every hour.

An amazing narrative, tigriss. The turning of her mind and her later hypocrisy are fascinating.

[Irshgrl31201]

On 4/8/2015 Crisso said:

On 4/8/2015 CrystalBlue1 said:

On 4/8/2015 Crisso said: Why not start a post about the subject, minus the host comments? I did not see the post.

a host last night made a comment she is a melanoma survivor and allows herself one vacation per year to worship the sun and the rest of the time it is self tanners. I thought that was an irresponsible comment. I am not host bashing just calling out someone making such an irresponsible comment to millions of viewers who might believe that is acceptable.

Ah. That was a rather irresponsible comment. Hopefully she uses a really high SPF. With this kind of a scare, how can a person not be much more cautious going forward?

ITA with all of you. You would think being a melanoma survivor she would know that one outing, forget a whole vacation, is all it takes. I didn't hear the comment, I don't watch the Q that much nowadays but I work as an esthetician for 4 derms and this makes me so mad I want to write them a letter. I usually would never write a letter for a hosts comments but this is down right irresponsible. When you have seen the extreme pain and suffering people go through with this terrible disease, it certainly changes your perspective. Before I got into skin care I was completely ignorant to the pain and suffering this causes and you do not forget treating a person in this much pain.

[ShellBell]

On 4/8/2015 A Walker said:

On 4/8/2015 ShellBell said:

On 4/8/2015 A Walker said:

On 4/8/2015 ShellBell said:

On 4/8/2015 Klm said: My beloved sister passed away almost three years ago from melanoma, after many disfiguring surgeries and usless chemo. The doctors told me they had nothing to treat it. Melanoma is terrifying. I heard what the host said and just thought it was sad and irresponsible. Melanoma can occur any place in the body, even those areas never seen by the sun.

My heart goes out to you!! My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma 4 years ago and they gave him a 10% chance of survival. After 4 surgeries and a brutal round of chemo, his cancer remained. His surgeon told us he had 6 months at best. It was so heart wrenching!! His oncologist suggested we try a new form of chemo called Yervoy that had just received FDA approval. It was extremely expensive (thank goodness for insurance!) but it worked!! He's now two years in remission!! I'm so thankful!! And you are so right: Melanoma is terrifying and deadly! My husband never EVER goes out in the sun unless he's completely covered!!

OMG that is amazing and fantastic!!! I hope more and more success is obtained through these newer treatments! What a great story, unlike so many more we hear about melanoma.

It was incredible!! My husband never lost his sense of humor and I think that played a big role is his recovery too. They are coming up with amazing new drugs every day.

After all Klm went through with her sweet sister passing away from melanoma, it was uplifting to read about your dear husband's survival of a very serious stage 4!!!! I mean the devastation that brought to your family and then his recovery!!! Oh my gosh how wonderful! You're right... with the new drugs and new discoveries and things they use (like that HSV1) - it's just crazy that something right in front of our noses one day might be THE cancer cure! For him to have a sense of humor going through all of that...you had to be in constant tears FOR him being so brave. Okay I'm gonna stop now.

Awww....thank you! I'm not sure my husband would call himself "brave" but he decided from the get go that the cancer wasn't going to beat him no matter what the doctors said. And, even though it was horrible it also had a silver lining: I learned that I was stronger than I thought and I also realized that, yes, I could deal with blood and vomit and not feel the need to vomit myself! LOL!! and I no longer sweat the small stuff. Both of us have a different view of life now and we cherish it so much more. Yes, that sounds so cheesy but it's true. And, while going through chemo, we met so many people that had it much harder than we did and that certainly can put lots of things in perspective.