Greenthundah6
30-07-09, 03:02
yes, i'm back again. i thought i was getting better but now there's this. i was watching the news, and they did a story on tanning beds and how they are now known, as seen through extensive research, to increase cancer risks by 75%. i feel scared yet i also feel so stupid for choosing looks over health. i'm 20, and i started going to tanning salons back in november. i went once during that month, and started again in february - i went once a week for about, i guess 5 or 6 weeks. this doesn't seem like that much - but i do lay out in the sun for about 20 minutes some days. i don't really burn much but i'm still worried that i'll develop skin cancer. i stopped tanning outside a few weeks ago. i don't see any strange marks or moles but what if they devep? what if it's too little too late? i have been told that going out in the sun when the UV index is low is very healthy and good for soaking up vitamin D.
i also read that tanning/tanning beds can cause eye cancer. now this is my major fear because my eyes, as i previously posted, are not right still - i am going to an eye doctor soon, though. it feels like i'm seeing patches of bluriness, and sometimes pressure in my eyes. i get this really weird feeling like when i'm looking at something from a short or even long distance, one eye is looking but the other isn't. i also still have fears that it's a brain tumor causing this vision problem; i'm also always very tired which is a bad sign....
i really need advice and some reassurance to calm me down. why can't i just be happy and know that i'm healthy.
i also read that tanning/tanning beds can cause eye cancer. now this is my major fear because my eyes, as i previously posted, are not right still - i am going to an eye doctor soon, though. it feels like i'm seeing patches of bluriness, and sometimes pressure in my eyes. i get this really weird feeling like when i'm looking at something from a short or even long distance, one eye is looking but the other isn't. i also still have fears that it's a brain tumor causing this vision problem; i'm also always very tired which is a bad sign....
i really need advice and some reassurance to calm me down. why can't i just be happy and know that i'm healthy.