Health
‘Too young to watch me die’: Mum’s plea for skin checks – Sunshine Coast Daily
A Sunshine Coast mum of twins has shared her experience battling melanoma to raise awareness to protect families from the “devastation” that cancer causes.
When Sunshine Coast mum of twins Deborah Butler was told she had stage four melanoma, she felt numb with fear.
“I was devastated because I had two gorgeous six-year-old daughters and I didn’t want them to grow up without a mother,” Mrs Butler said.
“They were too young to watch me die and I had so much to teach them.”
The Golden Beach woman went to her doctor in 2017 and had a “scaly” mole removed.
She was diagnosed with stage 1B melanoma but by February last year the cancer had spread to her brain.
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