In July 2020 while I was 36 weeks pregnant with my first child and Scotland was in the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic, I was given the terrifying news that I had skin cancer.
After a smooth sickness-free pregnancy I was dealt the cruel blow just three weeks before I was due to welcome my baby boy into the world.
I’d called my doctor after noticing a lump on a large, dark freckle on my right leg which had grown in size and was referred to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where it was immediately cut out and sent for testing.
