A French teacher has told how her new boyfriend saved her life when a cuddle on the sofa as they enjoyed a quiet night in led to him finding a lump on her right breast. Nicky Hewitt, 40, from Thame, Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer soon after and had a mastectomy in March 2016. She remains eternally grateful that Ben Brewer felt the lump while ‘copping a feel’ on the sofa. Four years on, Nicky, has just celebrated her 40th birthday – a landmark she says that, without Ben, 35, a senior manager at Heathrow Airport, she might never have reached. Still taking hormone therapy, which has plunged her into early menopause, she said: ‘I had a big party at the St Albans Museum and Ben, who I am still very happily involved with, was my very special guest. Nicky Hewitt (left), 40, from Thame, Oxfordshire, was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer soon after her boyfriend Ben Brewer (right), 35, found a lump on her right breast. Doctors later offered her a mastectomy straight away, due to the size of the 6cm tumour The French teacher (pictured in a cold cap) was referred for a breast screening scan… Read full this story
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