A BIG Brother housemate has been left in tears after sharing news of a cancer scare with fans.
The ITV2 reality star became emotional as she revealed how she been forced to undergo medical checks as a result of a new mole on her body.
Kerry Riches, 40, rose to fame on the popular reality series last year and confessed that she had sought out medical advice after being left worried a mole on her body was “cancerous”.
In positive news, Kerry, a former NHS manager, was able to confirm that the mole was “benign” but spoke at length about the emotional toll the ordeal had taken on her.
Kerry, who suffers from MS, first discovered the mole in late April and admitted that her own concerns, as well of those of friends and family, had forced her to get it checked out after initially putting it off.
Speaking to her fans via Instagram, a tearful Kerry recounted: “The relief from yesterday was immense. I’d massively talked myself into my mole being cancerous.
“When I took a picture, I zoomed in and when I checked it was different colours, it was scaly and there was no outline on it.
“I had completely talked myself into thinking it was something more sinister that what it was.”
Admitting she had at first “buried her head in the sand” over the mole, she sent her thanks to those around her who had sent their support.
Kerry, who is now a regular on Good Morning Britain’s fiery debates, went on to say: “The dermatologist used a dermascope and she said it is fine.
“I can’t remember what it is called but it is completely benign.
“She said, ‘well done for getting it checked out’ as people are looking at their bodies more as we get summer ready.”
Kerry has been open and honest about her health struggles since her rise to fame and has done her best to raise awareness around her lifelong condition of multiple sclerosis.
Earlier this year she was left “ugly crying” as she broke down whilst talking about the condition.
Speaking at the time, Kerry said: “When I got diagnosed with MS 16 years ago, I absolutely said with every fibre of my being, I will make a difference.
“So I worked for a long time with the NHS as an inclusion champion, just to give people with disability a voice, and then obviously took a break and decided to not do reflective writing, and go in the Big Brother house, and that again was just to show anyone that you can.”
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