Mother-of-two was told by doctors the rash on her shin was 'just flaky skin' for a DECADE...
in fact it was cancer that's left her with a cricket ball sized crater in her leg Megan Grieves, from Leicester, saw GPs 30 times before getting a diagnosis READ MORE: Celebrities slammed by medics after claiming SPF lotion is 'toxic' WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 16:05, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 16:05, 24 May 2024 e-mail View comments A mum-of-two who was left with a cricket-ball sized 'crater' in her leg has claimed medics dismissed her cancer as 'flaky skin' for over a decade. Megan Grieves, from Leicester, first spotted a small mole on her left leg when she was just 15. But after being urged by her grandma to get it checked out, she says her GP believed it was dry skin and instead prescribed her moisturising creams.
Despite the mole growing to the size of a 10 pence piece over the course of 13 years, she was repeatedly given other ointments to treat a 'psoriasis' flare up, she claimed. It was only after Ms Grieves, then 28-year-old, was seen by another GP in 2016 that she was referred to a dermatologist and diagnosed with melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer . Megan Grieves, from Leicester, first spotted a small mole on her left leg when she was just 15.
But after being urged by her grandma to get it checked out, she says her GP believed it was dry skin and instead prescribed her moisturising creams Despite the mole.
