My Experience of Skin Cancer

Last years after spending a few years checking my moles myself as much as I could, I decided I wanted to have them checked by a skin doctor who knew what they were looking for. Being fair skinned I have always tried to stay out of the sun but being fair I think you can just be more genetically prone to things like skin cancer. The mole I was most worried about was on my back where I couldn't see it so I had to always rely on my mum looking for signs of anything changing with it, It was dark but for as long as I can remember she had said it was dark and I have others that are quite dark, but this one was nearly black. I eventually asked my ...  Read the complete review

I am writing this opinion,not for points,but as some-one,who has had skin cancer,and that if it helps one person think twice before sunbathing,or sitting under a tanning machine,then this opinion will have been worth while. I am recovering from Malignant Melanoma,the most deadly skin cancer there is. People think skin cancer is a minor irritating little problem that they can pop down the surgery to have removed,and then just carry on with a normal life.WRONG!!!!!! My experience of skin cancer has left me ,traumatised,and still in fear of my life. Last year at the age of 41,i decided to have a mole checked out,i had no ...  Read the complete review

“I ‘ear you’ve got a mole” is a line from one of Jasper Carrott’s sketches. “There’s only one way to get rid of a mole..….blast it’s bloody ‘ead off!” it continued. I had a mole but, not the small burrowing creature, and it certainly did not need blasting away. I had a mole on my back. I had had it for years. I’d become quite attached to it. It was the size of a 2p piece, and was one of twenty or more dotted over my back, chest and arms. It wasn’t concerned at all, after all I do not have a fair complexion or sunbathe throughout the day in the summer. A visit to the ...  Read the complete review

This experience is not about me, but my partner, and the impact Skin Cancer has had on our lives. (UPDATE X 2 AT BOTTOM) BACKGROUND My partner is very dark skinned and was not considered a traditional candidate for skin cancer, despite having always been a sun worshipper. He has a number of small moles which have been with him, in the main, all his life. On his back, he had a large one, which since all the publicity surrounding skin cancer, had made me very nervous, but he was adamant it was nothing to worry about. THE DIAGNOSIS Towards the end of January, he went to the Doctors for another reason, but she was more concerned with the ...  Read the complete review