MUM'S CANCER AND HEART SHOCK BEFORE SURGERY

DOUBLE BLOW Liz McEwan is grateful & confident

- BY SARAH ARNOLD

WHEN mum-of-two Liz McEwan finally decided to have breast implants, it turned out to be the most significant decision of her life.

Because pre-surgery scans found she had TWO life-threatening conditions - breast cancer and heart disease.

The 45-year-old says: "I never imagined that going for implants would lead to the discovery of three deadly tumours and then a heart condition which also could have killed me.

“Going to have a boob job ended up saving my life - twice.”

In October 2022, sick of her “tiny boobs”, Liz decided to have implants.

She says: “I always had an AA cup and I didn't feel feminine.

“I'd been thinking about having implants for about 20 years.

“But I'd had my kids and wanted to do something for myself.”

Liz, an English teacher with a daughter aged 11 and a son aged seven, booked to see a cosmetic surgeon.

As part of the process she had a mammogram and ultrasound scan of her breasts. The mammogram was clear but at the ultrasound the radiologist became gravely concerned.

Liz, whose husband Nick, 45, is a contract manager for a commodities company, says: “As the radiologist looked at my second breast her face just totally changed and she started measuring something.

“She said, ‘I can see something. This is definitely falling into the category where I want to do a biopsy immediately’.

“Then she saw another [tumour] and then another one. So there were three in total. It was just awful. I said, ‘Let's do the biopsy’ and it happened then and there.”

Two days later, on December 23, 2022, Liz’s cosmetic surgeon called.