Your thoughtfulness and gentle insistence... saved my life

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June 6, 2013

Dear Dr. Sommerville,

I came to your office for a spot on my face which turned out to be nothing. During the same visit, you found a skin cancer on my back I never knew I had. Your thoughtfulness and gentle insistence (I did not want to have a biopsy done!), saved my life. Thank you for your caring

-Kelly (attorney and single mom of three)



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