Katherine Ryan, now 41, discussed her experience with misdiagnosis of melanoma on her podcast, revealing frustrations with both NHS and private clinic consultations. Initially diagnosed with stage two melanoma in her 20s, she recently discovered a mole that didn’t feel right despite being told it was benign by doctors. After multiple consultations and paying out of pocket for tests, she ultimately learned that the mole was cancerous. Ryan highlighted systemic issues in the healthcare system regarding the recognition and removal of suspicious moles, emphasizing her struggle to be taken seriously in her health concerns.
Speaking about her recent diagnosis on her Telling Everybody Everything podcast, she explained: 'The only reason that they agreed to remove it was because I went to a fancy, private place in South Kensington, and I paid them a grand.'
He was really nice to me, and he gave me the news that I wanted, I think it's really easy to take a diagnosis of you're healthy and just walk away.
But the mole kept changing, and I know a lot about melanoma. I just felt like this mole wasn't right, it's on my arm, I showed pictures of it on my social media.
I went in and I wanted the doctor to remove a bigger piece of it and stitch it up in a straight line, but even when he looked at it, he was like, 'not melanoma, totally fine, I will do the shave and send it away for histology.'
Collection
[
|
...
]