Loose Women's Coleen Nolan admits it 'hits you like a ton of bricks' as she speaks out on cancer diagnosis
17.07.2023 - 15:43
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Coleen Nolan has bravely opened up about her skin cancer diagnosis after keeping initially keeping the news from her family. The TV star spoke out during Loose Women on Monday (July 17) in a bid to encourage others to get things checked if they're ever concerned.
Coleen, 58, told viewers that she had been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma on her shoulder and melanoma on her face. She recalled how last year she found a "tiny bit of skin" on her shoulder, which "wasn't annoying" but wouldn't go away despite using creams and oils.
Sharing how one of her sisters was concerned every time she'd see her with a short-sleeved top on, Coleen dismissed the mark as being eczema. However, Coleen later decided to see a dermatologist where she was told she had skin cancer and would need to start treatment straight away.
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Speaking to her co-stars, Coleen explained how she was told that if the cream prescribed didn't work, she would need to have the skin cut out. "I had my coat on and everything, I took my coat off and said, 'Can you just check this on my shoulder I think it is a bit of eczema?'," she shared with her co-stars Ruth Langsford, Brenda Edwards and Gloria Hunniford and viewers.
"And he said, 'No that is basal cell carcinoma, you need to come back in'. And all of a sudden you think, 'No, no can you just say it's eczema, please? I didn't come here for that'.
"Anyway, I went back in and he was very good and he said, 'Look, it is nothing to worry about, it is a cancer which doesn't necessarily spread but you do need to treat it'. We will treat it with cream', you know chemo cream, 'if that doesn't work we will cut it out and give you a