Rise and Shine! Tuesday, April 7, started with a 4:15 AM call time at Channel 10 in St. Petersburg. You sure this is the “morning” show?

Patience is a virtue! In St. Petersburg, patients waited up to four hours for their chance to be seen by the dermatologist. By the end of the day, we found 10 suspected cases of melanoma and screened 90 people in six hours. What a rewarding and gratifying stop.

After St. Pete’s, we headed east to Orlando. On Friday morning, our first stop was the morning show on Fox TV. Dr. Palceski joined us and was interviewed for the show.

After a little breakfast, we headed to the Ron Jon Surf Shop at the Festival Bay Mall in Orlando, where we parked between Ron Jon’s and the Bass Pro Shop. Throughout the day, all kinds of outdoor enthusiasts stopped by.

Every doctor is unique and some are very creative! Since it’s difficult for people to see things on their back, Dr. Steele had a clever way of showing people areas of concern: He took pictures of suspicious moles, which we then printed and gave to the patients as they were leaving. People felt that this was very helpful and we’ll keep this idea in mind for future exams. Thanks, Dr. Steele.