'My size E boobs destroyed my back for years - then doctors discovered something worse'
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A hair extension technician blamed her back pain on her big boobs and battled it with paracetamol for two years - until discovering it was cancer. Rebecca Dorman blamed her excruciating back pain on having E cup boobs, bending over at work and being a busy mum, self-medicating with paracetamol and ibuprofen for almost two years.
The 33-year-old eventually sought the help of her GP in July 2024 after experiencing 'unbearable' itching on her legs and feet and finding swollen lymph nodes in her neck and groin but doctors said it was nothing to worry about. The mum-of-two claims it was only after repeat visits and tests over the ensuing months that she was finally diagnosed with stage four classical Hodgkin's lymphoma in October last year.
Rebecca began chemotherapy right away and will be having treatment until March. She is now sharing her story on TikTok to urge anyone with similar symptoms to have them checked. Rebecca, from Raunds, Northamptonshire, said: "In the beginning the back pain would keep me up at night. I would have chills with it as well but I thought that was my back going into spasm. It's actually a completely separate symptom.
"I can remember going to Tenerife in April 2023 and being awake every single night with back pain but then during the day I'd be fine. I thought having a larger chest could have been behind it. I had sports massages, remedial massages, I'd been to see an osteopath and they put it down to tight muscles.
