'I was given an early mammogram by chance - and it saved my life'
A mum-of-two who was given a routine mammogram a year earlier than she expected has spoken out after the scan revealed a cancerous lump hidden so deep it was not noticeable by touch.
READ MORE: Get 50% off M.E.N. Premium membership this Black Friday for no ads, puzzles and daily digest of the latest big stories “There’s no history of cancer in my family and I hadn’t experienced any symptoms, so it was not what I was expecting at all.” Sheelagh underwent a lumpectomy to remove the cancerous lump from her left breast before starting chemotherapy. She had three rounds of three-weekly chemotherapy, and then weekly treatment for nine weeks, before undergoing three weeks of radiotherapy 'as a precaution'.
“I really wanted to do something good and give back in some way, to show people that a cancer diagnosis is not the end of the world, so I began taking part in charity events," she said. To help spread her message further, Sheelagh has joined Prevent Breast Cancer’s BooBee campaign and signed up to be a BooBee ambassador. The BooBees are 100 women who have been affected by breast cancer, who are joining together to spread awareness and fundraise for a future without breast cancer across Greater Manchester.
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