Sarah Cawood announces she found a second lump in her breast nine months after confirming her cancer diagnosis
Sarah Cawood has confirmed the discovery of a second lump in her breast nine months after being diagnosed with cancer.
The TV presenter announced her original diagnosis last September but has since discovered another lump – prompting her to contact her doctor and request a mammogram.
Cawood, 50, admitted on Instagram on Monday that the location of the fresh lump on a previously unaffected breast is a cause for concern – but could be a direct result of her ongoing hormone therapy.
She said, “I’ll just tell you something – I found another friggin’ lump.” I went to the doctor and she could feel it too.
“Our guess, me and the doctor, is that your breasts are changing. The composition of your breasts changes quite a bit when you are on hormone therapy.”
“But I have a mammogram tomorrow – it’s not a recurrence so it would be another primary cancer but I don’t have time so would you all say a little prayer for me tomorrow at 3am?”
Concern: Sarah Cawood has confirmed the discovery of a second lump in her breast, nine months after being diagnosed with breast cancer
She added, “I have a little doubt, I’m fine overall, but I have just one small concern. Obviously, once you have cancer, you worry all the time that the cancer will come back.”
‘I wasn’t quite as healthy as I could have been, but you know, you have to live, don’t you?’ I can’t contain all the joy, can I?’
Cawood underwent radiation therapy after her initial diagnosis and later jokingly joked that the life-saving equipment used to shrink the lump in her chest looked like it could “fire lasers and missiles.”
“I look damn,” she told her Instagram followers in November. “I had my first radiotherapy today, I’m actually very tired but I don’t know if that’s due to the radiotherapy or not from sleeping or life in general.”
The presenter, who was open about her struggles with menopause, said she hadn’t slept because of severe hot flashes.
‘It is [radiotherapy] OK, you really need to lie still and stick your chest out. The machine looks like something is firing a rocket.
She went on to say that she asked a nurse how much the equipment was worth and was stunned to learn the £3million price tag.
“It looks like it’s firing a laser,” she joked.
Opening: “I have a mammogram tomorrow – it’s not a recurrence so it would be another primary cancer but I don’t have time so would you all say a little prayer for me at three?” she asked Instagram followers
Cawood previously revealed her lumpectomy scars to fans following her breast cancer journey.
Sharing a pixelated photo of her chest and small scars on her chest, she said she was pleased with the results just two weeks after the surgery.
“I hope the pixelation means I’m staying within decency on Instagram,” she began her post.
“Two very nice scars.” Post-lumpectomy at two weeks. Share so you can see how my journey is going.’
A lumpectomy is surgery to remove cancer or infected tissue from the breast.
The size of the tissue removed depends on individual factors in each person, including the type of cancer, the size of the breasts and the size of the tumour.
They are most commonly delivered in the form of beams of radiation aimed at a tumor, so powerful that the energy destroys the flesh it is aimed at.
Update: Cawood has previously revealed her lumpectomy scars to fans following her breast cancer journey