HEALTH-CONSCIOUS Helen Copping always made sure to regularly check her breasts for any lumps or bumps.
The 45-year-old mum usually examined herself in the shower and had never discovered anything sinister before.
That was until the mum-of-one checked while lying down one day feeling a tiny lump on her left side.
Helen, from Milnrow, Rochdale, decided to visit her doctor and was fast-tracked to a local clinic for a mammogram X-ray.
Sadly, following further tests, Helen was diagnosed with breast cancer just two days later at the age of 37.
"It was awful," she told the M.E.N. "You know when you see the adverts and they go quiet and can't hear anything or people talking around them, it's very true.
"There's no history of breast cancer in my family, I was 37 and had no symptoms. It was just an absolute fluke how I found the lump.
"It was other-worldly. It's like it's not really happening, like it's a dream."
This story is from the April 19, 2024 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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