Corley Spell
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It just comes with, yeah, the life, for sure.
Yeah, so take it back to when I was, I was 30 years old, so this was back in 2020 when I was first diagnosed.
And I had just found out we were pregnant with our fourth baby at the time, very newly pregnant, six weeks pregnant.
And I went in for a dermatologist appointment with my husband, Ben, because he had a weird spot.
Turns out he's fine, but it was actually me.
They found a spot, we sent it in,
And it came back as skin cancer melanoma, which is very serious.
I, at the time, knew nothing about cancer or skin cancer, let alone.
And melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer.
It accounts for over 75% of skin cancer death.
So it's very serious.
Of course, I was shocked.
I mean, I was pregnant and 30 years old.
And to get a phone call that you have cancer, we're sending you to MD Anderson.
I mean, it's just, it wrecks you.
You're pregnant with your fourth.
Yes, all young.
Yeah, we had, you know, three kids in three years with another one on the way and, you know, having a business.
I mean, our life was very, very busy in the best ways, but getting a diagnosis like that really just makes you pause and start looking at things differently.
Yeah.