A 23-year-old barista was stunned when a lump she tried to pop, thinking it was a pimple, turned out to be a fast-growing cancerous tumour above her left breast. When the bump Siobhan Harrison spotted it while getting dressed in December 2020 grew and became bruised after squeezing it, she suspected it was because she had aggravated it.
Instead, tests revealed she had stage two triple negative breast cancer, leaving her horrified. Miraculously now cancer-free, Siobhan is encouraging young women to check their breasts for lumps 'as it could be lifesaving'.
When Siobhan first saw a bump protruding above her left breast, she just assumed it was a spot. “I could see it," explained Siobhan. "It was clearly visible quite high up on my chest, so I thought it was just a pimple. I tried to pop it but that just made it bruise.
