COUNTRYFILE'S Julia Bradbury, 51, has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a mastectomy next month.
The mother-of-three bravely opened up about the battle ahead in a new interview, admitting: "It changes your world forever in an instant. "There is no preparing you for those words.
You hear 'cancer' and your brain starts to explode." The mother-of-three will have her left breast removed along with the six centimetre tumour, while the surgeons will also take tissue from her lymph nodes to establish whether the disease has spread or not.
Last year, Julia had found a lump in her breast which proved to be a cluster of benign micro-cysts, and she had to have another mammogram this year.
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