“Imagine a Sharpie [marker]. I had a tiny Sharpie dot on the back of my leg that was black.”

By Ashli FindleyDeanna with her grandsons Luke, 4 and Levi, 4 months in Community Park in New Albany. Photos by Patti HartogNot leaving anything to chance, Deanna Watts, 52 at the time, went to her doctor to have the 1.1 millimeter, mole-like growth inspected and eventually removed; its testing revealed she had melanoma.That was nearly four years ago.Today, Deanna is beating stage four melanoma. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer because it has the ability to spread to other parts of the body. In Deanna’s case, it spread to a rib bone and [...]

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