The hemo told me to avoid sun. I consulted on the free Ask a Nurse line at U-Mich with the onco-pharmacist. He told me to use sunscreen and stay out of prolonged sun exposure because of the link between HU and the less deadly type of skin cancer. He said the risk is not for the more serious melanoma.

As a darker skinned white person, I never really worried about sun protection, but now I do keep covered, use sunscreen, and wear a hat when I mess around in the garden. I stay in the shade at the beach. Those sun shelter tent things are handy.

Six years on HU and no cancer.