Cancer does not discriminate. It creeps up and latches onto children and adults, women and men, health conscious bodies and kind-hearted souls.
Roberta Ellis was 25 when she had her first encounter with skin cancer. Ellis, a red-haired, fair-skinned, Iola native, endured her fair share of sunburns in her youth.
“Back then we didn’t use a lot of sunscreen, you used baby oil,” said Ellis, now 56.
Melanoma continues to appear on Ellis’ skin. Since January she has had spots removed from her chin and arm. She receives…
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