AVP suddenly not as happy-go-lucky as we were originally thinking

So the AVP is back on track. New tour stops! More fans! Renewed interest! Nothing can stop them now!
Oh no...

According to this article from the LA Daily News, Jeff Nygaard is one AVP regular who's discovered this dark side of the sun.

Thursday, he's having surgery to remove a piece of his upper left arm, a centimeter cut the shape of a football on each side of the skin that recently tested malignant for an early stage of melanoma.

Now, those of you with pigment in your skin are probably thinking, "Well, Nygaard's a pasty white dude from Wisconsin. He's practically flammable."

Not so fast, the article says. Tyra Turner's dad is of Latin-American heritage and had melanoma, which Tyra's brother Chad points out means "the sun is colorblind and doesn't discriminate."

The article goes on to quote some scary statistics, talks about how freaked out Nygaard is, and then ends. Just. ENDS.

What about Nygaard? What does this mean? How bad is it? Where does he go from here?

These are just a few of the over 3,000 questions I still have 'cause I'm genuinely concerned for the guy. And all we're left with is Nygaard's quote that "We can't keep treating this like the elephant in the room."

Well, we've acknowledged the elephant, but how about an update as to the damage it's caused? Did it flatten the plasma TV or is it just sitting on the lanai, minding it's own business? Help us out, here.