#cancer cw
I may be more inactive and or posting less chronic illness related content for a while. A few weeks ago my brother started hospice care and he has been declining much more rapidly than anyone had hoped.
I’m doing okish, I think I probably won’t really fall apart until it’s all over. For now he’s still here and that’s all I can focus on.
Jaskier wants to see his friends and celebrate with Priscilla and just have one evening that is not about him for once, but he is still so, so tired. And while Geralt has gotten good at ‘not hovering’ and their new normal, he is still always there when Jaskier runs out of energy.
Hello everybody with summer fast approaching here is your regular reminder that:
- Everyone needs to wear sunscreen
- SPF 50 is pretty much the best protection you can get, an SPF higher than that will have the same effect
- Melanin does not protect you from skin cancer
- Tanning is caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation
- Spending the majority of your life receiving regular large doses of UV radiation without any skin protection is a good way to get skin cancer
- Don’t use tanning beds, and don’t go sun tanning
- Wear your fucking sunscreen
Okay, people are clowning in the replies, so let’s try this again:
Sunburn is an uncomfortable short term problem caused by being out in the sun for too long without sunscreen. Some people are more susceptible to it than others. Melanin does protect you from sunburn, so people with dark skin are less likely to get burned, but also sometimes people just have a natural resistance to sunburn (or lack of resistance) - I’m white as hell, and literally the only time in my life I’ve gotten a sunburn was when I spent a whole day outside in a swimsuit without putting on sunscreen when I was a kid, and all I got was a minor burn across my shoulders. Never experienced that whole ‘peeling’ thing y’all are talking about, sounds super gross and uncomfortable tho. Rip to all the rest of you but i’m different.
Skin cancer is fucking cancer. It has nothing to do with sunburn, apart from both being caused by a lot of unprotected sun exposure. If you have skin, you are at risk of getting skin cancer. I have little to no risk of getting sunburn, but I still wear sunscreen, because I am protecting myself from fucking skin cancer.
If someone is basically immune to sunburn, then that’s awesome, but we still need to use just as much sunscreen as everyone else. Because we can still get skin cancer. Immunity to sunburn is not a sign that you can go easy on the sunscreen. And honestly, if you’ve got dark skin, you should probably be extra paranoid about applying sunscreen, because the majority of information on recognizing skin cancer is meant specifically for recognizing it on white skin. If you’re black/brown, it will probably take you longer to be diagnosed if you get skin cancer. And cancer is one of those things that you want diagnosed and treated very quickly, so you should be extra motivated to not get skin cancer in the first place.
Everyone needs to wear sunscreen. Wear your fucking sun screen.
I have spent so much time using tiktok to look at medical misinformation for class that the algorithm now only gives me the hottest of garbage.
Huge win for my research, huge loss for me ever enjoying tiktok as a platform.
A quick and brief sampling of my now cursed feed. I will rank by how cursed:
1. A gut cleanser product that ends with “THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE” in the last 2 seconds. 7/10 Doctor Oz’s stop trying to clean your GI tract.
2. A did you know post about the dangers of mold posted by a doctor who, surprise, is not a doctor (he’s a chiropractor). But the mold advice is okayish probably. 3/10 Doctor Oz’s.
3.A post about iron being the spark plug to the human body. A mix of stuff. 5/10 Doctor Oz’s solely for the use of the word “spark plug”
4. Someone making cool book art. No doctor Oz here, finally some good fucking food.
5. Someone’s selfies. Good for them.
6. A home remedy tea to help clean up mucus, traditional medicine. This would be totally fine (it’s tea it won’t hurt you and it might help given it’s warm) if it wasn’t for the voice over talking about how you can “heal your body yourself” and “doctors are making you sicker” which like oh boy howdy. 6/10 Doctor Oz’s.
7. Video on how to reduce your chances of cancer with water fasting saying Cancer thrives on sugar and carbs. 10/10 Doctor Oz’s DON’T DO THIS.
8. Cooking video. Oh thank god.
9. Financial advice that I have no idea how accurate it is.
10. A warning video about…chemical filled salad dressing? Probably won’t hurt you but uh. 3/10 Doctor Oz’s.
