Jonathan was a teenager who first became aware of a small sign on his body.
The 49 -year -old father said, “I didn’t think much about it at first.” IndependentHuman “it was just a birth sign.”
But five years ago, the mark began to change in appearance and became a velvet in terms of texture and crying. With the feeling of being wrong, he visited his general practitioner and was prescribed a worm.
But while the Coveid-19 epidemic was held, Mr Mugglet’s discomfort increased and he was referred to biopsy in late 2020. This was when he said he had a “ink” that could be something more serious.
“When I heard the” biopsy “, I started reading between the lines,” he said.
Mr Muggleton was told by doctors that he has melanoma, a form of cancer. According to Melanoma Focus, his case was very rare and only 150 to 250 people were identified in the UK a year.
Also, according to researchers in melanoma, only 14 % of people with melanoma have survived more than five years.
According to the Coveid-19 hospital policy, Mr. Muggleton was completely lonely to him. He recalls that he returned to his wife Rebecca in an astonishing silence.
“We just sat in the car. I couldn’t talk. It wasn’t very good for five minutes,” he said.
Mr Muggleton, who has recently become a 45 -year -old and one father into two young children, said he felt the carpet was drawn under him.
He was also not sure how much information would share with their children, Charlie and Amolia, who were five and seven years old at the time.
“You either go to a very dark place and work with it alone, which I saw, but for me, I wanted to be open,” he said.
“At first it was very unfair, but then I went to a place where I began to appreciate what I did and the things that were really important.”
Over the next five years, he underwent surgery and immunotherapy with Royal Marsden Hospital and the University of London College. But the cancer has spread from its main location to the groin lymph nodes.
In September 2023, he was surgery to remove the tumor under his lung, first of which was in the UK and was shown on Channel 4 Super Surgeon Documentary
Between surgeries and therapies, Mr. Muggleton said he tried to “return to normal life” and do activities with his children or get out of his bike. He has always been a very active cyclist and has completed several charity marches for the Ruth Strauss and Royal Marsden Foundation.
Now, he has begun to collect funds for a “transformational” tumor lymphocyte treatment, which is not currently available in the NHS.
But he is still trying to look at the future, especially when it was told to doctors to “do their jobs” last summer and warned that he may only have six months to live after testing showed that his immunotherapy treatment had no effect.
Fortunately, Mr Muggleton’s latest scans have been sustainable, after treatment began to slow down his cancer. While he said the result is “as good as possible”, but he still comes every day.
“Life continues,” said Mr Maggleton. “But behind my mind, I live for three months at the same time. I’m waiting for the next bright scan, so I can’t really go beyond that.”
Mr Maggleton added: “It has taught him to seize a moment, especially when it came to knot with his current wife, Rebecca.
“We left our lives a little back on the front. We bought the house, we had kids, we got dogs, they had both their jobs,” he said.
He was supposed to start a severe clinical trial in the summer of 2023, when Rebecca organized a “fully brilliant” wedding with 150 guests, all with six weeks of planning.
Mr Muggleton said NHS was amazing during his treatment, adding: “The initial diagnosis was important why I am here now.
“There were surgical and drug options for me, which is amazing because you read that some people are diagnosed and have literally have weeks, and everyone can do very little.”
Tracy Payne, chief executive of Melanoma UK, explained that early diagnosis is “quite important”.
“If melanoma is caught in its first stages, it is very treatable and survival is excellent, however, when it expands to other parts of the body, treatment can become more complex and the results are more favorable. It is very simple, soon Melanoma will be found, the chances of successful therapeutic will be better,” he said.
The charity chief also warned that melanoma can be presented in different ways and some types of its diagnosis are much harder, so consciousness is important.
“Most people from melanoma as skin cancer caused by sun damage – 85 to 90 percent – but not all melanoma is associated with ultraviolet exposure. For example, mucosal melanoma occurs in mucosal membranes such as nose, mouth or genital areas and may not be symptoms,” he said.
“This is a prominent rare type of why it is important to increase awareness beyond Melanoma’s common image as a” dotter problem, “Payne said.
Experts with Melanoma UK said it is very important for everyone to pay attention to any or moving moles, coke and skin lesions.
“If you notice changes in the color or border of a mole, or if it is painful, itching or starts bleeding, it is important to look for medical advice as soon as possible. Early action can make all differences,” Ms Payne added.
