Comedian Katherine Ryan diagnosed with cancer for the second timeKatherine Ryan
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00:002022 is the first photo that I sent my dermatologist.
00:03I'd send photos in, they'd go, it doesn't look that bad.
00:05I went to this doctor at the end of 2020.
00:08Who knew me?
00:08Yeah, mid-2024.
00:09And he was like, no, that's definitely not melanoma.
00:12And that's the answer that you want.
00:13You want a diagnosis of you're fine, go home.
00:16So I went home.
00:17And then I just thought, it's not right.
00:19It kept changing.
00:20It was really raised and really red,
00:22but it still didn't look like what melanoma looks like online.
00:24I was like, something is up with this mole.
00:26It was just like raised and really red.
00:28And even the doctor at that appointment was like, this isn't melanoma.
00:32It's fine.
00:32But I was paying him a grand, so he took it off for me.
00:35He was like, I'm happy to take it.
00:38Got removed.
00:39It's been healing really well.
00:40He calls me today.
00:42It's melanoma.
00:45Luckily, it was caught early.
00:46I don't think it has spread.
00:47But if you think that you have something on your body that's not right,
00:53especially over 40, especially when you have all these dependents.
00:56I don't even have life insurance.
00:58In the process of applying for life insurance,
01:01just get it checked and get a second opinion.
01:04Don't just be happy with like, no, it's not the thing you think it is.
01:07Bye.
01:08Because honestly, if I had taken that, I could be dead in a few years.
01:11That's how serious melanoma is.
01:14Please, please, please go make the appointment.
01:17I know you're busy.
01:18I know you're a mom.
01:19I know you have to work.
01:20Make the appointment.