Megan Royle even had her eggs frozen following immunotherapy.
Megan Royle underwent nine cycles of grueling treatment after being told she had skin cancer. The 33-year-old endured surgery that affected her fertility and she even had her eggs frozen following immunotherapy.
Megan said she struggled to comprehend what happened after all the trust put her through on the basis of a shoddy diagnosis, and that she had felt “complete shock”. Her GP referred her to a dermatology review where doctors carried out a biopsy. She was told at the age of 29 that she had melanoma - a type of skin cancer.
"When I was first told I had cancer and that I needed surgery to remove it and treatment which could impact on my fertility, my approach was simply to say ‘yes, let’s do what we need to do’. I wasn’t thinking about having children at that time, but having children was always something I planned for later in life, so having eggs preserved was something I didn’t hesitate doing.
Associate Solicitor Matthew Gascoyne said: “This was obviously a quite unusual case in that Megan was mistakenly diagnosed with skin cancer, something which obviously had a significant psychological impact upon her given her young age. This was exacerbated by her needing surgery, and being advised that the only treatment she could have may impact upon her fertility.
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