While reading so many stories from Steemiens such as @insideoutlet, @soumon lol đ about his lost steemit password, @brigitte0659 and so many others âwhy they feel luckyâ it made me share my story as well. Iâm very shy person. Steemit platform was the first time Iâve ever shared something personal publicaly. Perhaps, because to me steemit feels like a family.
I feel lucky not getting killed in my 20âs when my friend took me for a ride with his new sport motorcycle đ. We crashed head to head with incoming car, both at speed of 60 mph. That day police called me flying @milano1113. My best childhood friend had broken leg, hand and surgery of his abdomen. I was not injured at all, instead they found me laying in shock between trees 90 feet away from the accident. I also feel lucky I didnât kill myself when I bought my first car Dodge Daytona when I had a few moments feeling extremely lucky.
There are so many times when I felt lucky to be still alive. But one âI feel luckyâ stands above all. It was about two years ago when our friend had been diagnosed for the third time with cancer. One of it was skin cancer âMelanomaâthe worst cancer of all skin cancers. She told us and everybody she knew to get checked, to see doctor or dermatologist. If she wasnât diagnosed soon anough, she would not be here with us anymore. About two weeks ago her 40 years old daughter passed away, she had a cancer. She left behind two small children and husband. Iâm 40 years old as well, I lost my father when I was 10, but I canât imagine the pain of mother loosing her child.
One day I went to the beach with my wife. It was a beautiful and hot day. We went swimming, we had a great fun when she noticed this strange tiny mole on my back. She immediately remembered our friendâs advise. We scheduled an appointment with our doctor. They took biopsy from my back and we thought it all was just a precautionary. After few days past I remember shopping with my wife when I had phone cal from our doctor. I immediately knew something was not right. I picked up the phone and doctor said âyou have a skin cancer melanomaâ. The same day I was immediately scheduled for surgery. Fortunately it didnât spread to my blood. Today I feel lucky đ, because my wife noticed this very tiny mole on my back. We both got checked from toe to head and fortunately we are healthy and in a great shape today. Iâm getting checked every six months, I had about 20 precautionary biopsies since then and everything seem fine. I encourage everyone to get checked for skin cancer. Even if you donât see anything unusual, itâs worth it. Sometimes you canât prevent accidents, but you can prevent in many cases this killer #1. Donât wait! It can happen to anyone!
Strive on and live strong my friend.