Marlien’s son (16) got skin cancer: ‘Those two bumps on his neck turned out not to be fat bumps’

In May 2024, Marlien Kramer (42) still thought that life was smiling at her. Her son Melle, then 16 years old, had just obtained his MAVO diploma, was a fanatic sportsman, had a large group of friends and the family – Marlien is married and, in addition to Melle (18), has a daughter (20) and son (15) – was looking forward to a holiday to Curaçao. Until suddenly two bumps appeared on his neck. What started out as something innocent eventually turned out to be metastatic melanoma. “My feeling immediately said that it was not right.”

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