Tamra Judge Reveals Cast Trip To Iceland Led To Her Cancer Discovery
Aug. 15 2018, Published 8:52 p.m. ET
The Real Housewives of Orange County star, Tamra Judge opened up about the time her and the cast flew to Iceland in Season 12 and how it led to her skin cancer diagnosis. Keep scrolling to hear about how her battle with melanoma started in the Nordic island country.
The fitness guru received a melanoma diagnosis in August 2017 and she announced the sad news to her followers via Instagram.
"I go to the dermatologist a lot and I had had this mark on the side of my butt for a long time. And I didn't think anything of it. I didn't even think to show it to her 'cause it was just a little freckle," she recently told The Daily Dish.
This revelation came following a girls getaway to Iceland with her cast and crew during season 12. "We were in Iceland last year filming and I was getting a massage. And the girl that was giving a massage said, 'You know, you might need to have that checked.' And I'm like, 'Really, yeah, OK.' I even went home and a couple months went by and I was in the dermatologist for something else," the mother of four explained.
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Her doctor checked it for her and Tamra revealed that, "She called me in the car and was like, 'You have melanoma.' And I'm like, 'Oh my gosh.' I was not expecting that at all," she said. "It was only at Stage 1, so I was lucky. But if she hadn't said anything in Iceland, I probably wouldn't have had it checked."
Fortunately, the Cali girl was cancer-free only two months after going to the doctor. She even shared a pic of her surgery scar on her social media.
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