I had one tiny, subtle symptom for 4 years before my diagnosis ‘What if my scar bursts open, and my implant comes out?’, I thought wildly, as I gingerly climbed down the swimming pool steps and into the water.
I only ever had one symptom; but I never thought it was breast cancer.
One in seven women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their lifetime, after all.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2016, after a routine mammogram led to some more extensive screening.
It was my first time swimming since I’d had a double mastectomy and reconstruction.
