Worries and Sunscreen

The medicine has really been working and I have been feeling good. I have a doctor’s appointment coming up on Tuesday with my specialist and I am hoping that I will be able to reduce the Prednisone again. I don’t know if this thinking is right or not, but in my mind I am hoping that when I am off the Prednisone that means that I have kicked my Sarcoidosis into remission. I don’t know that this is strictly true, but I am hopeful.

I haven’t been able to find out more info on the Imuran despite all of my efforts. I have talked to multiple pharmacists and doctors and all any of them can tell me is that my risk of skin cancer is increased on the medicine. None of them can tell me by how much though and this is what I really want to know. Is it 2 in a million instead of 1 in a million or do I have a 1 in 4 chance on this medicine? I absolutely don’t want to trade Sarcoidosis for Skin Cancer, but no one can tell me how likely this is. For now I am just keeping the sunscreen on and staying out of the sun as much as possible. This is going to be a challenge though because I am a Scout Master for the Boy Scouts and summer is here.