A mum-of-two was told she had cancer five years after finding a mole on her thigh during her pregnancy. Christy Brookes-Parry from Prestatyn was diagnosed with level two malignant melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer, last October.
She said she became concerned about the mole when it "grew rapidly" while on a family holiday in Lanzarote to visit her mother. Over the course of the six week trip, despite her mole being on the inside of her thigh and not exposed to the sun, it grew significantly and had changed shape and colour by the end of her stay, North Wales Live reports.
When the 42-year-old arrived home, she booked an appointment with her GP who subsequently sent pictures of the mole to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. Two days after later, Christy received a call from a dermatologist saying she had to come in to the hospital to discuss the results.
