Scots woman who found tennis ball sized lump in neck diagnosed with stage 4 cancer

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A Scots woman was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma after noticing a tennis ball sized lump on her neck.Lee-Ann Simpson, 40, had been feeling rundown at the end of 2020 and her symptoms continued to worsen as she soon discovered a large bump on her neck.Lee-Ann previously had cancerous moles removed and in February 2021, she was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma - a form of skin cancer.Husband Jamie, 40, has now opened up on the harrowing diagnosis as he continues to fundraise for a cancer charity supporting Lee-Ann, Glasgow Live reports.

Jamie, who was been running every single day for over three years, said: "A big lump had appeared on her neck over Christmas and into January, it was the size of the tennis ball."At that time people were speaking about super Covid, so we'd always joke that it was super coronavirus."Five years before this she had a few moles removed because they were deemed to be cancerous.

When she went to the doctors they asked if a mole was removed from the area on her neck and it was."We went to the hospital and she was told that she had cancer, which was devastating for her."Then she told me and it was just a shock.

All of her appointments seemed to be in a Friday for the first few months and it seemed to get worse."It got to the point where we just couldn't take anymore bad news, we just hated Fridays."Every single time she went in the prognosis got worse."Jamie considering giving up running after discovering Lee-Ann had cancer but his wife continued to encourage him to pursue his passion.The offshore worker said: "At the time of her being diagnosed I had been running for a year and a bit."The last thing I wanted to do was run but she didn't want me to stop because of her."At that time