Skin cancer: When the doctor said 'unfortunately' I knew it was bad news

A mum of two never thought she would be a ‘candidate for skin cancer’, and now covers up whenever she is out in the sun

Fiona White at Charleville Estate, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Picture: Ger Rogers Photography

When one day in the staff canteen, a colleague asked special needs assistant Fiona White “will you promise me you’ll get that checked out?”, the 49-year-old mum of two didn’t pay much heed to what she thought was simply a freckle on her left forearm.

When two other colleagues later urged her to get it checked, Tullamore-based White visited her GP, “just to get them off my back”.