'I used sunbeds five times a week - I thought I was going to die after my cancer diagnosis'
A sunbed user who became addicted to tanning at just 16, thought he was going to die after he was diagnosed with skin cancer at the age of 21. Jak Howell admitted to lying under the UV lights for well over an hour a week, and is now campaigning for caution after a bleeding mole that appeared on his body resulted in a life-changing cancer diagnosis.
Jak, from Swansea, now makes TikTok videos about his experience of melanoma, a type of skin cancer often caused by too much sun exposure, after he noticed an aggravated mole in April 2021 that later started to bleed, which doctors told him was cancerous.“I wanted to share my story in the hopes it would help other people, and I’ve had comments from others who can relate to what I’ve been through. I haven’t been on a sunbed since my diagnosis, I only use fake tan now," he said.
Panic struck when Jak received a call with the results as he wasn't prepared for the news he was about to receive. In September 2021 doctors found that Jak’s cancer had spread from his back to his groin, without him having any symptoms to suggest this. “The first two rounds of immunotherapy were hell, it was a big shock to my body. It improved after that, but my body has changed – I’m breathless a lot and my tastebuds have changed. I was nauseous and fatigued,” he said.
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