Melanie Williams waited to go to the doctor when a small black dot appeared on her thumb. Now she’s facing losing something seriously dear. It could have been worse for her, but she was lucky. Others are not quite so much. Read her story and save your self some grief.
After receiving a cancer diagnosis, a British woman has taken to social media to spread awareness and urge others not to wait too long to see a doctor about suspicious growths.
It was only a few weeks ago that Melanie Williams, 36, saw a dark spot under her thumbnail. She thought it was a fungal infection or a wart, according to the Mirror.
“Sadly not,” Williams posted on her Facebook page, along with a picture of the growth.
Doctors told the mother of three it was melanoma, a form of skin cancer, and that she would need surgery.
The spot, pictured on Facebook, “grew from nothing in a matter of weeks,” Williams said. Now, she wants to make sure others don’t wait as long as she did to seek medical advice.
“I don’t want your sympathy, I want more awareness,” she wrote. “Therefore, please go and get any changes or growths on your skin checked out, please tell people around you to get checked as well.”
Many Facebook users chimed in, thanking her for the message and promising to share it.
“I’d of never thought about cancer under a nail,” wrote user Dawn Chadwick. “Most definitely will be sharing to raise awareness of this!”
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