Treasurer JEChalmers has spoken out about his health scare to raise awareness, three years after the shock diagnosis. auspol 7NEW
He was diagnosed with melanoma in 2020 but hasWatch the latest news and stream for free on“I was one of those very complacent blokes, frankly. Growing up as a kid in Queensland in the summer holidays you rarely have a shirt on let alone sun cream and so you get a bit complacent about the sun,” Chalmers told 2CC on Friday.
It wasn’t until he was seeing a doctor on an unrelated visit that Chalmers asked: “What do you think about this guy here on my chest?” “I had this kind of black smudge which looked really different - people have got moles and freckles and things on their skin - but I had this quite black smudge, and to be honest with you, I kind of knew it wasn’t right. I kept putting it off and just kind of putting it to the back of my mind. That’s a dangerous thing to do,” Chalmers told 2CC
The Treasurer of Australia has opened up about his melanoma diagnosis to raise awareness for sun safety.“I got a bit crook after the melanoma was taken out and so I had a couple of months where I had to manage that.”
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