Thanks everyone
I myself just feel SO FUCKING GUILTY though. Everyone knows tanning isn't good, but lots of us do it anyway. I've tanned year round from the time I was 18 until this May when I was 21. Then after that, it was just once a week or here and there. I just feel horrible because I feel like exposing myself to that sort of radiation all of those years contributed to my thyroid cancer, although the DR told me it is hereditary.
I haven't laid in a tanning bed in a few weeks though, not since I found out I needed surgery. I kept wanting to, because I wanted to look nice and bronzed, but I knew deep down it was bad.
My parents are going to sell their tanning bed out of fear that it caused my cancer and my dad's skin cancer.
Honestly, I wish everyone would get bloodwork ordered on their thyroid. I think so many people have thyroid problems and are completely unaware of it because people are trying to tell them they're depressed or whatever. I think more people are living with thyroid disease out there than you think.