<![CDATA[I Was 26 When Melanoma Changed Everything: A Survivor’s Story]]>
FIND A DOCTORFaceTreatmentsBodyHairAwardsShoppingWellnessAbout UsTESTTUBE Advertisement Home›Wellness›Health I Was 26 When Melanoma Changed Everything: A Survivor’s Story I tell this story not because it’s easy, but because I believe sharing it might save someone else from living it. May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and every year when it comes around, I feel a pull in my chest—equal parts grief and gratitude. It’s the month I use my voice the loudest, because I know firsthand how quiet this disease can be—until it isn’t. I’m Leah Adams. I’m a melanoma survivor, a marathon runner, a former tanning bed user and an only child who watched her father fight stage 4 metastatic melanoma in his brain and lungs. I tell this story not because it’s easy, but because I believe sharing it might save someone else from living it.