'The dermatologist told me that I would need to have a more significant surgery and she took away about an inch of skin in every direction to make sure we caught all of the cancer cells. It was pretty major to have something cut out of me.'
I’d always had a mole — a little smaller than my pinky nail — on the back of my left calf. I never paid any attention to it. In fact, I didn’t know anything about changing moles, let alone what skin cancer was. I didn’t know it even existed. One day, in 2007, my husband noticed that my mole had changed. I was like,"What are you talking about?" I completely disregarded it but after really inspecting the mole, I realized it did look darker in some places and that it had an uneven border.
Thankfully, we caught all of the cancer and I didn’t require any additional treatment. I've had no recurrence of cancer since but I’ve done a lot of research throughout the years in terms of the causes of skin cancer and for me, it’s the cumulative effect. I am predisposed to skin cancer genetically but not wearing sunscreen and exposing myself to the dangers of tanning beds were all additive to that.I feel like skin cancer is dismissed a lot, especially in women.
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