This First Person column is written by Simon Blakesley of Whitehorse. Read more about CBC North First Person columns here.
I sat in my car after the appointment, the numbness sinking in. I’d received the dreaded call-back — the one to discuss my biopsy results.
In 2015 I was approaching 50. Believing in preventative maintenance, I scheduled an annual physical, feeling empowered by being proactive about my health.
Chatting with my doctor, I stripped down. About to place his stethoscope he paused at my left shoulder and said, “I don’t like the look of this mole that I’m seeing here.”
The culprit was a dark,
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