With May being Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness month ... I did some digging around for different tips, products, and facts that will grab people's attention. It's such a serious thing and more and more young people are being diagnosed with skin cancer than ever before.
The best ways to lower the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer are to avoid long exposure to intense sunlight and practice sun safety. You can still enjoy the sun and being outside, but being safe in the sun is so important and although I sometimes feel preachy talking about skin care, it can literally SAVE YOUR LIFE to put on some sunscreen.
SPAFINDER.com sells these cool bracelets that turn purple in the sun ... as a reminder to lather yourself up with suncreen. I ordered a few for myself and some friends ... and they were nice enough to send us a box full to give away to you! Check out the "I Will Reflect" melanoma awareness bracelet! Did you know it is estimated that more than one million new cases of melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year, and an estimated 7,700 of those will be fatal?! We'll give these away on teh show this afternoon ... so you can win one for yourself and a friend! http://www.spafinder.com/melanoma
Today's show was simply Boob-tastic! We read an email we received from a Mom having a dispute with her husband. She wants to give her 18 yr old daughter a boob job as a graduation gift. He is totally against the idea.
I agree with the Dad. First off, 18 is WAY TOO YOUNG to be making such a big decision. Most of us don't have things figured out til we're in our mid to late 20's. And why would you give your daughter a medical procedure as a gift and risk complications when she doesn't really need it? Is getting teased in High School about your small chest really reason enough to go under the knife? I don't think so.
I was surprised how many comments we got siding with the Mom and the daughter.
~Rock
Here's a few of the texts--
--I work with kids everyday with low self esteem. There is always going to be someone to make fun of her. She is too young. She needs to rise above it and not let others dictate who she is. She needs to find a way to love herself.
--I think the mom should not buy breast implants for her daughter. Everyone is made differently. Embrace being flat chested, enjoy wearing plunging necklines, they'll look classy. A big busted woman would just make it look trashy.
--I think she should pay and work for it herself to determined if she really wants it
Omg! She is way too young. I didn't get my figure until I was about 22!! She's not done developing!
--I'm for it. She has been picked on in high school, she's going away to college for a fresh start and if they are moderate size to look natural, I think it's ok. I would do it for my daughters however with how busty I am I don't think they'll have that problem
--My natural boob job--Child birth
--I wasn't big breasted and dont regret it. They are too young to know reality. This does not need to be.done to a kid. I ended up with breast cancer and it probably wouldn't have been found if I had implants.
--She’s not finished growing. My daughter went to a plastic surgeon for a reduction consult & he recommended waiting bc she might have to have surgery again in her twenties.
--As a father of a young daughter she will be 3 next week, I can't say that I understand completely how the dad feels, but as a father I want both of my kids to be as happy as they can be. I know self-image is a huge part of that, especially for girls. I would let my daughter do it, and I think the mother is being amazingly mature and open to the idea.
--I think its fine as long as she is flat & not too big. I can understand her being teased. I would have her research it fully too. My hubby is ok with it.
--At 18 you are legally an adult. If she wants to get her boobs done she will find a way to get them done. At least this way the parents are a part of the whole thing.
--The daughter should consider trying temporary solutions. A bigger chest is more to deal with...especially when you haven't always had it. I can't tell you how many people I know that got implants and have reversed it because of the added weight.
--I'm not a parent....but aren't parents supposed to teach/encourage their children to be proud of who they are? Everyone is teased in high school!
--I was flat when I was young and very tall and very thin . I always said I wanted a boob job . I was a late bloomer and didn't develop until my late twenty's and I'm so glad I never got a boob job . because I was a small be in high school and I'm now a natural d and have been since my late twenty's . now that I have them I miss that small b, clothes fit much better on a b.
--I know if my 23 year old asked me i would have told her to wait until after college when she has matured more and c if she still feels the same about it
--Hell NO!! I'm 26yrs old and just went up to a cup size D...when I graduated I was 18 and was only in a Bcup...your body is still not done growing! Stupid mother trying to be a friend not a parent!
--I had no chest all thru college, hated it, then at 25 I all of a sudden developed and I'm 31 and a 36c and I wish they would go away!! I hate boobs!!
--I think 18 is a little young. I would think about getting a gift certificate to Victoria 's Secret or Fredericks of Hollywood and in the meantime do some shopping for plastic surgeons and give the boob job as a college graduation gift.
Hellooooooooo Wednesday! Wooo! We're inching our way to the weekend! Tune in to PA LIVE on BRE for Email Wednesday and check out our Old Navy OUTFITS of the WEEK! They have so many spring/summer dresses out ... I went bright! They even have an entire yellow accessory display! Everyone keeps stopping me to comment on my dress, so I guess it's a hit! :)
A girl in the office asked me what i've been using to avoid looking super pale ... while still not going into the sun or tanning. I stumbled upon this GEM, new to stores this season ... and I love it. It's not just a gradual tanning lotion .. it's suncreen too! Hence, GLOW and PROTECT! It's $8-9 depending on where you buy and while the scent isn't the BEST, it's tolerable. I don't use much to avoid looking orange ... but it gives you just enough color to let you feel comfortable wearing a skirt or dress! :)
A former KRZ DJ, Bob Loftus, sent us a box of memories this week. Wow! This guy is more of a pack rat then Sue and I combined!!!
We opened the box live on the air this morning, and were blown away by what we found inside: vintage photos with hairstyles & eyewear we'd soon wish to forget, station playlists, memos from our GM and old concert tickets. Bob saved EVERYTHING!
Funny, this playlist from '93 reads like Lissa's Ipod! Check out the artists: Bad Company, The Outfield, Journey, Heart & Def Leppard.
Bob even saved the memo announcing our arrival from March of 1989.
Remember the Bud Light Amphitheatre at Harvey's Lake? Here's a ticket from a Little Feat/The Band concert from '93. And how about that price?
Thanks Bob. You're one of a kind. And if this is any indication of what you've saved over the years, you might want to give the guys from American Pickers a call.
WARNING: This blog will mean very little to you if you’re NOT a huge rock geek. I did a rock festival in Maryland last weekend with my other radio show (The Tour Bus) and I got to hang with a slew of my childhood idols. Lissy Lou was in musical heaven. Queensryche, Nightranger, Dokken, Lynch Mob, Skid Row, Great White, Warrant, Ratt, Stryper, XYZ, just to name a few.
I got some cool pics! Check it out…
Stephen Pearcy from Ratt
Terry Ilous (lead singer of XYZ, now sings for Great White) and Michael Sweet (lead singer from Stryper)
Robert Mason, lead singer of Warrant
In The Pink - from left: Robby, my co-host Ralph, Me, Tommy
Hope all of the moms reading this had a great weekend and special Mother's Day! Boyfriend and I visited my mom in RI over the weekend and had an awesome time visiting with family. Along with some other fun things, I gave my mom a copy of "Fifty Shades of Grey." Ha, I can't wait to see what she thinks of it. :)
So I turn on the TV last night and there’s this show on Discovery Health called “My Mom Is Obsessed”. I think it’s been on for a while – I’m not sure. I get confused with all the shows featuring crappy parents (Dance Moms, Toddlers & Tiaras, The Kardashian/Kris Jenner Pimp-Yer-Younguns Hour). I think the point of the Discovery show is to let Courtney Love know that no matter how badly SHE did parenting, there’s always somebody worse. Whatever. It’s a riveting tragedy to watch. So I did. In most cases the children ended up being the parents to these paint licking moms who have some kind of weirdo obsession or addiction.
For instance: one mom had a hangup about weight. So she would monitor everything her daughter ate in the hopes that the little girl wouldn’t get fat. Mom, on the other hand, was a good deuce-and-a-half and probably had two children to start with, but she ate the other one. The second mom had a shopping addiction and was so heavily in debt she doubted she could pay for her daughter’s college education. Her kid was (luckily) very smart, very well spoken, and will probably get a scholarship. Good thing. So when she hauls mom off to the booby hatch she can write “Do Not Call Me If This Woman Escapes” on the woman’s chest in several different languages.
Suddenly it dawned on me: I spend so much time thanking my mom for all the nice things she does for me, it never occurred to me to thank her for NOT being crazy. She’s just a nice, normal, sweet mom. She's not a lunatic. I appreciate that. How have I taken this for granted all these years? Never in my life has my mother’s behavior made me secretly hope I was adopted. So HAPPY BELATED MOTHERS DAY, Mom! Wish I could’ve been with you yesterday. But rest assured I was thinking of you. Especially when that fat lady made her daughter weigh herself in the kitchen every day. What the hell is that?! Maybe if some people spent less time being wackadoos, they’d have more hours in the day to cook healthy meals for their kids and exercise with them. Just a thought, crazy lady. But you do what works for you. MY way you don’t get on TV……….. Holy damn I love my mom.
Our 2012 Walk is scheduled for May 12th, 2012 at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Only with your involvement will The Center for Cancer Wellness, Candy's Place be able to grow and serve more cancer patients and their families.
All of Candy's Place services are FREE for cancer patients.
The walk is a non-competition walk that is 2.5 miles in length. The walk begins at the pavilion at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Walkers leave the pavilion and walk over the Market Street Bridge to Dorothy Dickson Darte Center then onto the dike and back to Kirby Park.
Funds donated to the 2012 Rainbow Walk will go directly to Candy’s Place: The Center for Cancer Wellness and all monies received stay local. Candy’s Place offers “ADULT EDUCATION” programs including “peer-to-peer” groups, cancer prevention seminars, and how to assimilate cancer information.
If you’ve been on any of the Social Networks this week, you’ve seen the hash tag #KeepFightingGary.
Gary is GARY LUKASIEWICZ, a High School Senior and Class President at Riverside High School. He has a rare form of Cancer. His classmates have joined together to create the #KeepFightingGary campaign and get worldwide support for their friend.
These cool kids from Riverside High School joined us in studio today to talk about their friend. What an inspiring bunch!!!
Our prayers and thoughts are with Gary and his family.
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