Danielle Lloyd has revealed she has skin cancer in an emotional set of posts on Instagram, as she begged fans to get checked if they were worried
Danielle Lloyd has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
The former beauty pageant star has revealed she has been diagnosed with skin cancer. She was emotional as she told fans she was “really shocked” by the news – and would need to have an operation.In an emotional video shared on Instagram, she said: “I don’t really know how to say this and I didn’t know whether to come on and say it but I feel like I have to raise awareness of this happening to other people. Today I have been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer. And I just want to raise awareness for anyone who might think they’ve got something funny on their bod, they see a mole that’s growing that’s not normal – please please please go to your doctor. You just never know.
“I’m really shocked at what I’ve been told today but I’ve been really supported by the Macmillan nurses at the hospital. I am going to have to have an operation to see if it has spread. But yeah, just honestly, not what I expected today. And I suppose not what anyone expects, but please guys look after your skin. Stay off sunbeds, wear factor 50. Just look after yourself because you never know.”
Danielle begged fans to get checked themselves (
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Danielle was tearful as she revealed her diagnosis (
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Danielle has been open about her health battles and previously revealed she had a cyst on her ovary. Because of her endometriosis and adenomyosis, she underwent an operation to remove the cyst and as a result can no longer carry any children.
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At the time, she recalled she had been rushed to hospital due to heavy bleeding and large blood clots. Worried, doctors did more tests and found cysts on her ovaries which were then tested for cancer.
She was given the all-clear, but the diagnoses did mean she wouldn’t be able to have any more children herself. Explaining how she had to act normal for the sake of her five kids, she said: “I was convinced I was going to die and was crying all the time. So when the doctor told me I was all clear, I felt this huge relief wash over me.”
Endometriosis is when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus whilst adenomyosis is a gynecologic condition that causes endometrial tissue in the lining of the uterus to grow into the muscular wall of the uterus. Endometrioma are cystic lesions that stem from the disease process of endometriosis.
