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Eric Dane was diagnosed with skin cancer back in Janurary. After successfully having treated the disease, the actor is now opening up to OK! magazine about his struggle.

We’re gonna try and not be a cynic for a moment. Hopefully Dane is speaking out to increase awareness and encourage people to get examined regularly. And, if he did get paid for the interview, which he probably did, hopefully he’s donating the money to some cancer charity!

The Grey’s Anatomy star first detected something was wrong when he looked in the mirror and saw what looked like chapped lips but clearly wasn’t.

“I went to my dermatologist,” Dane tells OK!. “He said it was malignant tissue caused by sun damage.”

The malignancy was treated by freezing the cancerous tissue off with liquid nitrogen. Unfortunately for Eric, the actor had a severe reaction to a cream given to him for his lip after the treatment . “My skin is very sensitive and my lip was traumatized by the procedure I had to go through.”

That doesn’t sound very pleasant!

His lip’s overreaction to the medication created a painful scenario that made eating difficult, if not impossible. “I didn’t eat very well for a couple of weeks and lost a bunch of weight,” Eric explains, estimating that he dropped at least 10 pounds off his 6′1″ frame while dealing with his cancer.

Thankfully, though, Dane is better now.

We need McSteamy around for a while!
Posted: February 6, 2008 at 2:55 am - Perezhilton.com

Apparently I’m behind on the news. I had no idea Eric was diagnosed with skin cancer. I am in shock and can’t believe it. I’m glad to hear he doing well. I have had a family member with this disease, you have to take care of yourself and be careful about getting too much sun.

Glad to hear Eric is okay and like Perezhilton said, hopefully he used the money from the interview (if he did get paid for it) for a cancer charity.

This poem below really is a bit of everything. I added a dream I had in there along with my Uncle passing away, so maybe it doesn’t make sense, does it have to? I haven’t really finished it either. It feels incomplete to me. But I just can’t seem to find my muse and finish it up. Maybe someone can give me some pointers or some ideas…..Well tell me what you think….

Somebody hurt me
It happened so fast,
When I woke up it was in my past.
My image was blurred
Gone from my life,
Everything in that moment
Disappeared with the light.
Why do we block things from our minds that we just can’t fight?

Everybody leaves
No body ever stays
Did I do something wrong, to make them all go away?

I saw her in my dreams
So beautiful and sweet
I tried to save her but my body became weak.

I tried to speak but no words came out.
I woke up and wished for another night,
Maybe this time I can make things right.

Everybody leaves
No body ever stays
Did I do something wrong to make them all go away?

I wake up with tears dripping from my eyes
My heart aches with every tick from the clock
Another moment as passed, another day trashed.
With every breath I take my visions crashed.

With every pitter patter my heart skips a beat
With every tear drop…it bleeds.
With every rain drop
Horizons on its bend
Who would have seen his fate; completed dead?

This is a poem I wrote about a dream I had. I had a dream with my grandmother and it was so memorable that I had to write about it. Do you ever have a dream that is so clear that you can’t stop thinking about it?

Remember…

I remember your face,
The way you used to look at me
Your smile embraced my heart
And with a blink of an eye;
You were Gone!

I remember your eyes
The dreams you left behind
And the love that will always remain

I remember that night
Standing by your side
Telling you to hold on
I didn’t understand the things that were going on.
And with a blink of an eye;
You were Gone!

And I will remember you,
every night before closing my eyes, I will remember you.
With every breath I take, I will remember you.
I will remember the good times
I will remember the tears
I will remember that you will always be near.
Because with a blink of an eye;
You were Gone!

~Kristin Nicole