Mother-of-one, 39, thought she had the flu... in fact it was incurable cancer, just like Sarah Harding had

Mother-of-one, 39, thought she had the flu...

in fact it was incurable cancer, just like Sarah Harding had Kelly Bawcombe, from Watford, only discovered an armpit lump in the shower READ MORE: The DIY guide to checking your breasts for cancer By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 10:01 BST, 14 June 2024 | Updated: 10:28 BST, 14 June 2024 e-mail View comments A mother-of-one has told of her horror after mistaking her incurable breast cancer for the early signs of flu . Kelly Bawcombe, from Watford in Hertfordshire, was clueless about her disease until she discovered a grape-sized lump in her armpit while showering one evening in March. But the 39-year-old believed the mass was just a sign of her being 'under the weather'.

Instead she took vitamins in an effort to boost her immune system. It was only after the lump grew to the size of a golf ball just two weeks later that she visited her GP. Scans later revealed she had triple negative breast cancer that had spread to her bones and liver, meaning it was stage four and incurable — like Girls Aloud 's Sarah Harding , who was 39 when she died from the disease in 2021, a little over a year after being diagnosed.

Kelly Bawcombe, from Watford in Hertfordshire, was clueless about her disease until she discovered a grape-sized lump in her armpit while showering one evening in March. Pictured, with her daughter Megan, seven But the 39-year-old believed the mass was just a sign of her being 'under the weather'. Ins.