An East Belfast mum has spoken out about her life-saving experience with a local charity, after she was diagnosed with cancer.
"It was decided that I needed referred to Dermatology, and so the photos, along with my history, were sent straight to the Ulster Hospital for review. Less than two weeks later I had a call to say my case had been reviewed and removal of the lesion was recommended.On August 15, Lyn was called back to the Orthoderm Clinic for a follow up appointment. That’s when she received the unexpected news that she had a Nodular Malignant Melanoma with a Breslow depth of 1.
"Nodular melanoma can grow very quickly, so if I hadn’t booked that appointment with Action Cancer, and just hoped it would go away, I am certain my story would have had a very different ending. If the Specialist Nurse feels that further assessment is needed, then a face-to-face appointment is offered on board an upcoming visit by the charity’s mobile unit, the Big Bus , which visits all five HSC Trust areas across Northern Ireland twice every four weeks or at Action Cancer House in Belfast.
131 red flag and urgent referrals were sent to Dermatology via E Triage and, in the last year, Iona and Rosin have detected over 100 skin cancers.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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