A mom-of-three diagnosed with stage four skin cancer is urging youngsters not to make the same mistake that she did in her twenties. Claire Turner, 43 was diagnosed with the cutaneous malignant melanoma in January, learning that the disease had spread to her liver, thighs, lymph nodes and shoulders. “I did use sun beds and I’ve been burned in the sun striving for a tan,” Turner, who hails from Oxfordshire, England told Kennedy News.
Claire Turner, 43 was diagnosed with the cutaneous malignant melanoma in January, learning that the disease had spread to her liver, thighs, lymph nodes and shoulders. Kennedy News and MediaThe Brit says she’s now making it her mission for people to be aware of the dangers of sun beds and other forms of UV exposure. “Sun damage has caused my cancer, it could have been avoided,” she declared. “It’s about protection and taking care of your skin before anything appears. Fake tan doesn’t last and real tan doesn’t last but which one’s safer?”
The Brit says she’s now making it her mission for people to be aware of the dangers of sun beds and other forms of UV exposure. Kennedy News and Media Turner says she first sought medical treatment after experiencing pain in her right shoulder last December.It’s the worst thing you can do when you’ve got a potential diagnosis hanging over you. I was in the depths of despair.” Sadly, Turner’s worst fears were confirmed. She had cancer — and it was advanced. “I was just winded. It threw me sideways, I was just shocked,” she emotionally declared. “I came away knowing it was stage four.”
“I was leased I hadn’t found that out earlier,” she declared. “I think if I’d known I instantly wouldn’t have been able to breathe but that would’ve been panic and anxiety rather than cancer.” While treatments have slowed the spread and even caused some of her tumors to disappear, Turner is taking each day as it comes.
