Whenever I’m in a garden shearing a rose bush or planting some beautiful begonias, I’m at my most content. Aged 48, I’ve never felt so fit, healthy and happy.
But the truth is, it’s been a tough journey to get this point. And when I tell you the secret behind my new life, you’ll hardly believe it…
The discovery
It was March 2011 when I found the lump. I was a single mum working as a hypno-psychotherapist. One night, after putting my children, Fin, then eight, and Freya, six, to bed, I settled down to watch TV. An episode of Embarrassing Bodies came on with a section on how to check your breasts. I gave it a go and, to my horror, felt a solid, hard mass on the left…