Cancerwise

I’ve always had very fair skin and light-colored eyes. Over the years, I’ve had plenty of sun exposure, too — first as a geophysicist working outdoors and later as a swim mom spending hours on the pool deck. I knew I was at higher risk for skin cancer. Even so, I never imagined that one day I’d be diagnosed with stage IV melanoma — or that the only place it would be found was in my brain. 

My diagnosis came in March 2016....