Simple warning for racers

Dick Butler · 05-22-2018, 01:20 PM

All need to begin a religious use of sun blockers. I raced for 36 years and jokingly spoke of my "burn Sunday, peal Thursday" weekly sunburn issues. Had a lot of small skin cancers frozen off and finally was prescribed 5FU anticancer cream for my arms and small areas. Well my skin on my arms looked like hamburger after two doses. Seems so much damage was the cause.
Then a dermatologist was freezing a forehead area and we found a nodule above my right eye. Thought it was a benign neuroma. Wrong. Plastic surgeon found not only the skin lesion but the tender nodule was Squamous cell CA. A one hour first surgery became 4 and a half hour, with resulting skin graft.
Well 5 surgeries with two grafts later I had a lesion in the orbit which is now gone but lost upward gaze of the eye. Now 25 Radiation treatments later after surgical all clear statement.
Please note this is not a" poor me statement" but an honest warning to all who spend our massive time in the sun at the races. Good Luck to all and be careful for your children too. Dick Butler GT/AA retired.

05-22-2018, 01:20 PM	#1
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Simple warning for racers All need to begin a religious use of sun blockers. I raced for 36 years and jokingly spoke of my "burn Sunday, peal Thursday" weekly sunburn issues. Had a lot of small skin cancers frozen off and finally was prescribed 5FU anticancer cream for my arms and small areas. Well my skin on my arms looked like hamburger after two doses. Seems so much damage was the cause. Then a dermatologist was freezing a forehead area and we found a nodule above my right eye. Thought it was a benign neuroma. Wrong. Plastic surgeon found not only the skin lesion but the tender nodule was Squamous cell CA. A one hour first surgery became 4 and a half hour, with resulting skin graft. Well 5 surgeries with two grafts later I had a lesion in the orbit which is now gone but lost upward gaze of the eye. Now 25 Radiation treatments later after surgical all clear statement. Please note this is not a" poor me statement" but an honest warning to all who spend our massive time in the sun at the races. Good Luck to all and be careful for your children too. Dick Butler GT/AA retired.