The 29-year-old woman said her skin cancer was mistaken for a disease.
Sarah Lee said getting melanoma was a frightening surprise.
Melanoma is more serious than other skin cancer because it is more likely to spread.
A woman who was wrongly diagnosed with skin cancer is encouraging other people to take care in the sun and get their moles checked by a doctor.
The sun can cause a lot of damage. "Get your moles checked if you wear SPF, stay in the shade, and wear a hat," Sarah Lee wrote.
According to the British Association of Dermatologists, melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer because it is the most likely to cause other problems. In the US, there have been 99,780 new cases of melanoma this year, and about 7% of them have died.
The most important cause of melanoma is too much exposure to ultraviolet waves. Pale skin that burns easily, blond or red hair, and a family member who has had melanoma increases the chances of developing it.
The nurse told me over the phone that the news was true.
Lee noticed a small black mole on her head after taking a photo to see if she needed new hair highlights.
She told Insider that the first family doctor referred her to a dermatologist who told her that the spot on her head was not likely to be cancer.
She sent pictures of the mole to another doctor, who said it was a fungus that would improve without treatment. Lee referred her to another doctor who arranged for the moles to be removed and biopsied.
In January, the results of the biopsy showed that Lee had Stage Three Melanoma, meaning that the cancer had spread to her scuplture.
Lee underwent an eight-hour surgery to remove a number of sputums from her body.
I immediately thought of the fish I had to cut up in biology when I heard the word dissection. It was Lee's turn to be the fish.
Lee doesn't have cancer anymore, but she still takes two drugs to prevent it from coming back. Side effects can be caused by the drugs.
A mole changing color can be the first sign of the disease.
"You are looking for changes in the size, shape or color of any moles, a new mole, or a mole that looks different to the others," the website says.
The care since her diagnosis was amazing, but Lee wrote that the experience taught her to never underestimate the dangers of the sun.
It is not a case of just cutting out a mole. She wrote that it is not just skin cancer that can happen to anyone.
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