Breast Cancer Patient Warns Against Keeping Mobile Phone In Bra After Terminal Diagnosis
The 51-year-old added she was always "big-busted" so would store her mobile phone in her bra for ease of access. "It was pressed against my skin for probably 70% of the day for about 10 years - and I didn't give it a thought," she said. "I want to speak out to make other people stop the habit." SEE ALSO: Michelle Heaton And Breast Cancer Survivor On The Daunting Consequences Of Faulty BRCA1 And 2 Gene Charity Calls For More Nurses As Breast Cancer Cases Soar Holt added that she knows people will disagree with her, but wants to spread the message so that it doesn't happen to anyone else. "Even keeping your phone in your pocket is better than what I did, where it was trapped in one place against my skin for hours on end," she said. Holt was first alerted that something may be wrong with her health in January 2012, when she noticed her right breast was incredibly swollen and her skin looked like "orange peel". After her condition failed to improve, Holt went to the doctors and tests revealed almost immediately that she had inflammatory breast cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, inflammatory breast cancer is "a rare and very aggressive disease in which cancer cells block lymph vessels in the skin of the breast". Symptoms include swelling and redness of the breast. The skin may also appear pink, reddish purple or bruised and can develop ridges or appear pitted, like the skin of an orange. This is caused by the build up of fluid in the skin of the breast.
I agree, the fact that it’s the same side of where she always kept her phone is mere coincidence.
