I heard someone on the radio talking one night about the subject and just thought “I need to get my moles checked”. There was a sort of intuition.
The doctor checked me all over and said I was fine and almost without thinking about it I said “what about this one?” and pointed to one I have never before paid any attention to. Turned out it was the earliest stage - any earlier and it wouldn’t have tested as melanoma according to the doctor. It was “in situ”, they dug out around it and I was good to go. I was VERY lucky!
Thank God that you heard that radio program!
My mother has moles, and has them checked every six months. She’s had a couple of them that were melanoma...the rest that were suspicious were basal cell.
Thankfully, I have my daddy’s skin, but I’m not inattentive...just in case.
You weren’t “lucky”...you were informed. Proud of you! ;o)