When Rhian Moore was told she had cancer she said she felt like a failure. She was also overcome with a sense of deep frustration that her own body had brought her busy work and social life grinding to a halt.
Her devastating diagnosis came in 2019 after she noticed changes to a mole on her back. To be on the safe side she visited her GP in Pencoed, Bridgend, to rule out anything sinister.
"I showed my GP my mole and he just went white and made an urgent referral to a specialist," recalled Rhian, who thanks to a workplace healthcare scheme saw a consultant dermatologist within a week to have the mole removed before being referred back to the NHS for follow-up.
