I didn't think it would be anything sinister because of my age... I was wrong

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A woman in her 20s says she thought she was "too young" to be diagnosed with cancer after finding a lump. Harriet Harrison, 24, was taking a shower when she found a lump in her breast which turned out to be malignant.

However, she says before her shock diagnosis she never expected “anything sinister” due to her age. "When I found the lump I was like 'oh god' what is it, but I didn't think it would be anything sinister because of my age and everyone else said the same," she said. "I went to the doctors the day after I found it, they said it shouldn't be anything to worry about but they wanted to do a biopsy to make sure.

It came back that there were cancer cells. READ MORE: Beloved Manchester 'pioneer', 38, dies as coroner issues urgent warning "[When they told me] it felt like it wasn't real.

I didn't know what to think but it was so scary and you just think the worst. It was a blur, it didn't sink in. It's only recently that I have got my head around it, it was nothing I expected to happen to me. "Everyone was just so shocked, no one expected it to be cancer.