Young woman, 37, 診断するd with 終点 肌 癌 after noticing a tiny freckle on her shoulder - these are the 調印するs she wants every young Australian to know NOW

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A 37-year-old Sydney woman who considered herself sun 安全な and had only been burnt twice in her life now has only months to live after 存在 診断するd with 肌 癌.?

Hayley Bourke was first 診断するd with melanoma at just 21 in 2006 after having a freckle on her left shoulder blade checked after it 原因（となる）d 苦痛 when she accidentally bumped it.?

The freckle was 除去するd but ten years later Hayley noticed a lump the size of a ゴルフ ball under the left armpit and a 生体検査 確認するd the 癌 had returned.?

'It's so 失望させるing because I was never one to go out in the sun or use tanning beds; I'm やめる fair and growing up I was taught to always 'slip, slop, 非難する' and use sunscreen,' Hayley said.?

'Now I just think 'why me?' It's just bad luck I guess.'?

The 37-year-old has been 戦う／戦いing the 行う／開催する／段階 four 癌 for six years and undergone a number of 外科s and 治療 追跡するs, but tragically she was given a 終点 diagnosis last Wednesday.?

Hayley Bourke (pictured) was 診断するd with melanoma at the age of 21 after a freckle on her shoulder blade 傷つける.?While the freckle was 除去するd, 10 years later Hayley noticed a lump the size of a ゴルフ ball under the left armpit and a 生体検査 確認するd the 癌 had returned

Hayley told FEMAIL she's only been burnt twice in her life and always wore sunscreen when out in the sun. To this day doctors can't 決定する the exact 原因（となる） of the 積極的な melanoma?

解任するing when she first noticed the 悪意のある freckle, Hayley told FEMAIL she was 'naive' to the whole 状況／情勢.??

'One day I accidentally 攻撃する，衝突する my shoulder blade where the freckle was and it 傷つける so I showed mum thinking it was an insect bite,' she said.?

With her mum she visited a 地元の GP who was 怪しげな about the freckle and soon after it was 削減（する） out for a 生体検査.

Hayley 述べるd the freckle as 'very small' - no bigger than 2mm across - but 実験（する）ing 確認するd it was a cancerous melanoma.

'Because I was so young, I didn't know how serious a melanoma is - and because of my 欠如（する） of knowledge about it I thought I'd just get it 削減（する） out then be done with it,' she 解任するd.

After the freckle was 除去するd in 2006, Hayley had 正規の／正選手 肌 checks for five years and doctors 安心させるd her she had nothing to worry about and to 'continue on with life (pictured: where the freckle was 除去するd). It （機の）カム as a 完全にする shock when the 癌 had returned?

For the next five years she had 正規の／正選手 肌 checks and doctors 安心させるd her she had nothing to worry about and to 'continue on with life'.

And everything was 罰金, until 10 years on when she noticed a lump under her left armpit.

'It was やめる 深い and wasn't 明白な; I had my 権利 手渡す feeling up under my left armpit,' she said.

She noticed the lump one long 週末 in 2016 then 急ぐd to the doctor the に引き続いて Tuesday.

Hayley hoped for the best but unfort unately 実験（する）ing 確認するd the 癌 had returned more 積極性 than before, and doctors assumed the 初期の freckle was the 最初の／主要な 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う.

'It's so weird because I only had only symptom - the freckle. I didn't feel tired or nauseous,' she said.

'It's so weird because I only had only symptom - the freckle. I didn't feel tired or nauseous,' she said

What followed was a 苦しめるing 戦う／戦い 十分な of 放射線療法 治療, 12 外科s, and three different 治療 追跡するs

What followed was a 苦しめるing 戦う／戦い of 放射線療法 治療, 12 外科s, and three different 治療 追跡するs.

For three years she had '的d 治療' 同様に as immunotherapy that 試みる／企てるd to kill the 癌.

The 癌 itself also has a type of genetic 突然変異 (BRAF) in the 遺伝子s.

When she started 治療, Hayley was 高度に 関心d about her fertility and hoped to be 癌-解放する／自由な within five years.

'It took a while for me to 受託する the fact that I'll never have kids,' she said.??

For three years she had '的d 治療' 同様に as immunotherapy that 試みる／企てるd to kill the 癌?

In February 2022 she had neck 外科 again to 除去する more lymph nodes but during the 手続き 外科医s noticed underneath the 肌 was riddled with 黒人／ボイコット specs of 癌

ざっと目を通すs show where the 癌 has spread in her 団体／死体 and 組織／臓器s (pictured)?

In February 2022 she had neck 外科 again to 除去する more lymph nodes but during the 手続き 外科医s noticed the tissue beneath the 肌 was riddled with 黒人／ボイコット specks 示すing 癌.

'A 25-minute 外科 turned into a five-hour 外科 and they had to 除去する my 甲状腺 too - so I woke up in the 回復 room wondering why my throat was so sore,' she said.

'I was so shocked when they told me they had taken a whole 組織／臓器 out, but there was no way they could 削減（する） around the 癌.'

She spent two weeks in hospital 回復するing then in March began a new 追跡する 治療 - which was a combination of different immunotherapies.

Doctors tried 'everything' but unfortunately 非，不，無 of the 治療s worked on attacking the 積極的な 癌 that's now in her 肝臓,?stomach, neck, breast, ovaries, uterus and pelvis.?

Today Hayely is taking it day-by-day and says the 終点 diagnosis has not sunk in yet.?

'Most days I still feel okay - I’m still able to do things and see friends, I'm not bedridden. I have 苦痛 in stomach and the 医薬 that makes me tired,' she said.?

'You wouldn't think I'm sick just by looking at me. I don't feel sorry for myself, I feel sorry for my family.'?

She's now stopped working to 焦点（を合わせる） on herself and enjoy the time she has left.??

Today Hayely is taking it day-by-day and says the 終点 diagnosis hasn't sunk in yet.?She's now stopped working to 焦点（を合わせる） on herself and enjoy the time she has left.?にもかかわらず the 状況／情勢, Hayley remains 肯定的な and is on a 使節団 to 株 her story with as many people as possible to encourage others to get a 肌 check

にもかかわらず the 状況／情勢, Hayley remains 肯定的な and is on a 使節団 to 株 her story with as many people as possible to encourage others to get a 肌 check.??

'A lot of Aussies put off getting their 肌 checked because they're afraid of the possible 結果s,' she said.?

'早期に （犯罪，病気などの）発見 is so important and it can mean the difference between whether you live or die from something like this.'

Hayley finds joy in knowing she's able to help others 避ける t he same 運命／宿命.?