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Craig’s Battle With Skin Cancer
Craig Stewart is our weather director, and as a kid, grew up in sunny California.
He loved the water and sun, but now feeling the consequences of years of sun burns.
This is what Craig Stewart looked like as a kid in California.
He was always in a pool or on the beach. And despite that golden glow, it is now a lesson learned late in life.
Craig recently discovered some places that he originally ignored, but soon learned they were much more.
Probably last summer. One right here and another on my neck that felt like it was chaffing because of my collar. But it was never going away,” said Craig.
He went to Dr. Robert Chappell in Odessa, where a treatment plan went into affect.
He now has some skin cancers and multiple pre-cancerous spots on his hands, face and arms. Thats what we’re dealing with…but we’re getting it,” said Dr. Chappell.
Craig is now using a topical medicine to help treat his face. Something he must put on every 12 hours.
His days in the sun have changed as well, as he must now use lots of sunscreen, and wear a hat.
Sunscreen pretty much all of the time. in terms of wearing a hat. for the most part it’s wearing a visor or a hat, but with my kids they’re wearing sunscreen. They are not going to get what daddy got,” said Craig.
His prognosis is great. It’s fortunate that he doesn’t have life threatening skin cancers. I mean he did have a number of basal cell carcinomas, and squamous cell carcinomas and multiple pre-cancerous spots, but his skin cancers have been removed,” said Dr. Chappell.
And his story comes with a warning for everyone.
Dr. Chappell said, Sunscreens are #1. But protective clothing is good. You know hats….long sleeved shirts…gloves. Anything that helps to protect our skin from the sun.”
Craig has missed some work because of the treatment of his condition.
He will also miss some more because of the cream he will use of his face will cause it to get real red, and begin to flake as it gets better.
Dr Chappell says Craig should see great results.
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