Melanie Williams, 36, from Leeds, posted this photograph on Facebook to raise awareness after being told the black mark on her thumb was in fact melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
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She wrote last week: 'I just thought it was a fungal infection or a wart.
'Sadly not. I've been lucky. The cancer hasn't spread and it's being removed next week along with half of my thumb.
'This may not have been the case if I'd left it and not got it checked out.
'I don't want your sympathy, I want more awareness.'
The mark, which is a melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - appeared in a matter of weeks, Ms Williams revealed in her Facebook post that has been shared more than 90,000 times.
She added: 'Please go and get any changes or growths on your skin checked out, please tell people around you to get checked as well.
'Don't leave it to chance or make excuses.'
Ms Williams said doctors have told her she will be 'fighting fit in no time', but she adds 'if I'd left it, I may have been losing more than a thumb'.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3165245/See-thumb-s-skin-cancer-Mother-posts-Facebook-picture-raise-awareness-bizarre-places-deadly-melanoma-strike.html
'See that on my thumb? It's skin cancer': Mother posts Facebook picture to raise awareness of bizarre places deadly melanoma can strike
Melanie Williams shared this photo on her Facebook page last week
Now been shared more than 90,000 times and has more than 16,000 likes
Initially thought the black mark was a fungal infection or form of wart
Was shocked when doctors diagnosed melanoma - deadliest skin cancer
By LIZZIE PARRY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:02 EST, 17 July 2015 | UPDATED: 11:43 EST, 17 July 2015
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