Guest post from Claire Rowland, our West Yorkshire Musical Minis franchisee.
Firstly I would just like to thank Karen for approaching me to write this piece for the blog.
It all started on December 18th 2010, I was in the Irish Centre Leeds for our annual ladies Christmas doo having such a fabulous night with family and friends singing, dancing and drinking until the early hours of the morning. Also discussing the new West Yorkshire Musical Minis franchise that I had just purchased at the beginning of the month and practicing “I jump out of bed” ready for my launch class in January, causing great hysterics. It’s not often “us mummies” get a night out, so like many others I was making the most of it.
The following morning I woke up a little worse for wear and jumped in the shower, and did my monthly breast check. This is something I did and still do every month whilst in the shower, well it only takes 5 minutes and it can save my life I always thought. I do this as my Nanna died at a very young age of breast cancer and I suppose I just always had it in my mind to do so. I came across a hard pea sized lump which I had never felt before and thought this is strange, I will definitely have to go to the doctors tomorrow and have this checked. I let my partner have a feel as well, and he reassured me saying it will be nothing to worry about, but better to be safe than sorry. That night I went to bed and cried myself to sleep, deep down I knew something wasn’t right.
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