Katherine Ryan has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time in her life.
The 41 -year -old Canadian comedian revealed the news about her Tell everyone Podcast, explaining that he was originally worried about a mole in his arm, but a doctor told him that it was nothing to worry about.
Then he paid £ 1,000 to eliminate it in an “elegant private place in southern Kensington.”
The television star admitted that he was not sure of the NHS would eliminate him, but said he also faced challenges when it came to private medical care: Ryan spent £ 300 in a seven -minute consultation and said incorrectly that the mole was not cancerous.
She said: “He gave me the news I wanted! I think it's really easy to make a diagnosis that you are healthy and get away, 'great, I'm healthy' and you don't think again because that is the easiest news.
“But the lunar continued changing. I know a lot about melanoma. He had a melanoma like a very young woman, in stage two in my leg, and I have talked about it before.
Ryan continued: “Even that did not seem traditionally to Melanoma. Bust, I had some discoloration and asymmetry and a little black and red. It was a flat mole, not so bad and not so big, but it was melanoma in stage two, so that was bad.
“I had to have general anesthesia and surgery to have a golf ball size of my leg because … if you know about melanoma, you know it is a mortal shape of skin cancer and spread quickly.”
Ryan added: “I only thought that this mole was not right. It is on my arm. I showed photos on my social networks. I entered and wanted the doctor to eliminate it and sew it in a straight line. But even when he looked at him, he was like melanoma, totally well, I will shave it and send it by histology and if there is any edge that we lose, then we will do it, we will do it, we will do it, we will do it, we will I will send for histology for histology and if there is something that we lose, then we will, we will do it well, we will do it well. “
An overwhelming 77 percent of people would not recognize signs of a melanoma, a malignant tumor of skin cancer, despite the fact that most British care about skin cancer, a study of 2023 by the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) found.
There are two types of skin cancer; Melanoma, the most fatal way of which around 13,000 new cases is diagnosed every year in the United Kingdom, and not melanoma, of which there are more than 100,000 new cases diagnosed every year.
The risk of melanoma is doubled if a person has had five or more solar burns at any age, according to Skin Care Foundation, but adds that experiencing only a solar burn in childhood or adolescence rather than doubles the possibilities of a person to develop a melanoma later in life.
Non -melanoma comes in two more common forms: basal cell carcinoma, which represents approximately 75 percent of skin cancers and squamous cell carcinoma, which represents approximately 20 percent. It is mainly caused by overexposure to UV light.
After trusting his instincts, Ryan's doctor confirmed after the tests that the brand was really melanoma and would require greater surgery.
Ryan continued: “He called me today and returned as melanoma. Early melanoma. The doctor was surprised and told me he needed to return.
“It seems crazy to me, such as what could have happened if it had not been my own defender, and I will continue to be my own defender. If I had not pressed, if I had taken that good answer the first time and left, then I would have done the melanoma that simply grew and spread in my arm. And I would say:” Oh, no, the doctor says that it is fine, it is fine, and God knew that.
It is the second time that Ryan fought against the disease, having been diagnosed with cancer in stage 2 in 2004.
Speaking on the subject before, he said: “Cancer was not so serious. I was not in my lymph nodes, I didn't have to have chemotherapy.
“It was repeated, but it was easily treated. I feel that I was very lucky to get that lesson, that little blow to the cho of” Hey, waits a minute. Listen to your body here. ”
Here we show you how to verify the possible signs of melanoma and non -melanoma skin cancer:
Melanoma:
The NHS establishes that the first signs of a melanoma are often a new mole or the change in the appearance of an existing mole.
Lunars are usually round or oval, with a smooth edge, which has no more than 6 mm in diameter. Any change in the size, shape or color, any bleeding, bark or itching, or how painful a doctor is a doctor.
The NHS has an ABCDE verification list to help people tell the difference between normal mole and a melanoma:
Asymmetric: Melanomas have two very different halves and are an irregular form.
Border: Melanomas have an edge with notches or rag.
Colors: Melanomas will be a mixture of two or more colors.
Diameter: Melanomas have more than 6 mm (1/4 inch) in diameter.
Expansion or elevation: it is more likely that a mole that changes over time over time is a melanoma.
No melanoma:
Non -melanoma usually appears as a lump or discolored leather patch that does not cure. If a person experiences these patches that do not heal after four weeks, they should see their head doctor.
Basal cell carcinoma signs may seem like a small red or pink lump, although it can also appear as a pear or closed white lump, or it can also appear as a red or squamous skin patch.
The bulge, either pink or white, will grow slowly and can become crispy or bleeding, or become a painless ulcer.
Squamous cell carcinoma signs are the appearance of a firm pink lump. This bulge could have a flat, squamous or crust surface, often bleed and feel tender to touch and can also become a painless ulcer.
