Where do I start. My diagnosis has been a huge shock to me and my wee family. I have always had a lot of moles, never thought anything of it. This is me I thought. In my twenties I loved a tan. Little did I think the consequences my older self would encounter. I as a smoker at that time too had the “I’m young and invincible” mentality. Yet, alas, here I am at 35. Thankfully I gave up the cigarettes the day I found out I had a life in my belly in 2012. I gave up sun beds too. But then my child was born. I was impelled back. I felt thinner, better, with a tan. This tan has cost me. I have melanoma. The drs have confirmed this is from UV damage. I live in Aberdeen. This is not climate. What I chose. Choose wisely I would tell my younger self. Life with your daughter is far more important than a tan in your twenties.