Overcoming Cancer

Recently, after noticing a new sunspot on my face, I made an appointment with my dermatologist. Within a couple of days, my dermatologist called me and hurriedly told me that I had melanoma on my face and that it needed to be removed as quickly as possible. He referred me to a surgeon and gave me his office number.

After calling the surgeon's office and making an appointment and then trying to get it moved up to an earlier date, my life changed drastically. I had already been using 30 SPF sunscreen at least once early in the day, but I began using it more freqently plus I tried to avoid the sun and went to see my regular doctor for a blood test and exam and also underwent surgery.


Three weeks later, I received a clean pathology report, and I'm happy to be taking my Digital Storytelling and Mythology and Modern Life courses at SUNY Online. Every time I read my classmates and professors posts, I feel so happy that I am alive! When I wrote the Wordle assignment and reflective narrative last week, I was not sure that I had overcome the malignant melanoma cancer. I felt it was great to be able to express my feelings when I was first diagnosed with cancer, and it is also wonderful to be able to tell everyone, my classmates and my professors, that I am ecstatic about overcoming the cancer!

Here is the Wordle.com assignment that I created for my SUNY course on Digital Storytelling: