Melanoma

It was a pretty normal day at work today. (I work at McDonald's) The person who does back drive was sent home early, so I got sent back there to take orders and money. That's okay. Sometimes I'd rather be back there. At least its pretty quite.

Then the phone rang. Nothing unusual. The phone is constantly ringing. But it's never for me. One of the managers came back to me and asked if I was expecting a call from my doctor. I thought, that was quick, they already got the results from the biopsy. "The results are in. You have melanoma" It felt like the world stopped moving. The doctor said that his office was going to make arrangements for me to see another doctor and he asked me if I had any questions. Did I have any questions? No. Yes. i don't know. I know what melanoma is. I've seen all the TV shows. I know what can happen to someone when they get diagnosed with cancer.

My appointment is in 2 days. Then I will know how bad my melanoma is.

In the meantime I'm left wondering, how does a girl who uses sunscreen, doe, after writing this, I just realized what probably caused it. I have Tetrology of Fallot, a congenital heart defect, that required me to take several diuretics before I had a valve replacement in 2002. I remember seeing warnings about the sun on those medications. Are they at fault? Has my heart condition caused me to get skin cancer?!