When Elaine Phillips noticed some unusual pain in her breast as she cuddled her children for a bedtime story, she put it down as nothing untoward, having previously been told she had fibrous tissue in her breasts, and chose to ignore the issue.
But after hearing of a BBC presenter's shock death to cancer a week later, the mum-of-two was prompted into making a GP appointment for herself, just for reassurance.
Attending the appointment alone and feeling embarrassed for 'wasting their time', Elaine wasn't prepared for the diagnosis she received just a few hours later.
