Pick Me Up!

Under the MISTLETOE

Getting the suitcase out of storage, I couldn’t wait to start packing our stuff.

Me and my husband Mike, now 63, were getting ready for a two-week New Year trip to Egypt.

Around a week before we were due to head off in January 2014, I decided to do a quick check of my breasts.

As I stood in front of the mirror and ran my hand across my chest, I noticed my left nipple looked indented.

Weird, I thought.

Running my hand around the area, I couldn’t feel anything different, but it bugged me all the same.

‘Everything OK, love?’ Mike asked, coming to check on me.

‘There’s something wrong with my nipple,’ I said, feeling slightly concerned.

I was diagnosed with multiple scoliosis in 2010, so already struggling with my health, I

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