A mum who thought she was suffering from hay-fever discovered she has a rare cancer that affects fewer than one in a million people. Melanie Wellings, 63, from Gloucestershire was told by doctors in 2021 that she’s the only person in the UK currently living with sinonasal mucosal melanoma (SNMM) – a rare and aggressive cancer that means she now lives with a permanent hole in her face, the size of a small orange. Career-woman Melanie says she’s giving herself to science so that people diagnosed with SNMM in the future will have better treatment options. Now she’s backing a call from Cancer Research UK for people to leave their own legacy and help beat cancer for generations to come by leaving a gift to the charity in their Will. Video: Cancer Research UK
