Mom, 33, is diagnosed with deadly skin cancer after daughter, 2, thought mole was a chocolate stain READ MORE: I thought I had a cold but it was stage 4 melanoma By Alexa Lardieri U.S. Deputy Health Editor Dailymail.
Com Published: 20:48, 29 May 2024 | Updated: 20:49, 29 May 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A 33-year-old mom was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma after her toddler noticed what she thought was a 'chocolate' stain on her wrist. Amanda Eilian, of New York, visited her doctor in 2010 who initially dismissed the mole. But after much 'pushing' by Ms Eilian he finally agreed to remove it, though he continued to insist to the mother-of-four that it was 'nothing.
' Just one day later, her doctor left a voicemail telling her the mole was actually melanoma, which affects approximately 100,600 Americans each year. Ms Eilian, now 47, said: 'It was a great lesson — not the way you want to learn the lesson — of learning the importance of self-advocacy and taking a proactive role in your own health. 'It takes a certain amount of self confidence to continue to push back, and frankly, I lacked it at the time, and still have to intentionally cultivate that knowledge that I know my body better than anyone else.
' Mother-of-four Amanda Eilian first noticed the dark mole on her wrist nearly two years before her daughter remarked on it, but her doctor repeatedly dismissed the spot Amanda Eilian (left) knew the importance of sun safety and annual dermatologist visits and would perform skin.
