A woman shared that after her mother was diagnosed and died from melanoma, she went to the dermatologist and was also diagnosed with melanoma. She promptly had 28 moles removed at once.
Two months after Theresa Kurtz's mother died of melanoma, she went to the dermatologist and was diagnosed with stage 0 melanomaCharna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on Variety, The New York Post, and The Wrap.One woman was diagnosed with skin cancer two months after her mother died from melanoma.
Kurtz explained that she’s spent a lot of time outside throughout her lifetime, and during her childhood, her parents always made her wear sunscreen. She admitted that once she hit adolescence, she wasn’t as strict with sunscreen application. “You think you’re invincible and nothing’s going to happen to you,” she said.She explained that her mother, Mary, was diagnosed after she felt so sick. Believing she had shingles, she went to the emergency room in the summer of 2014.
Although it's been 10 years since that melanoma was found, she shared that doctors have removed and biopsied 100 suspicious spots on her body. Those first five years Kurtz underwent skin checks, blood tests and X-rays every few months to ensure the melanoma hadn’t spread.
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