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Breast cancer survivor Emily Ng recalled breaking down in tears at the doctor’s office when she was told that she may have to have her left breast surgically removed as part of her treatment.
It was 2010, and Ng had just completed her annual medical check-up when she received a call saying that she needed to go for a mammogram X-ray exam.
After a few examinations, she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, and the doctor said that she would have to undergo a partial mastectomy.
“I felt awful. I didn’t want to talk to anybody about it,” Ng, who is in her fifties, said. “(Afterwards) I was lying in bed pretending that it wasn’t happening, that it’s only a nightmare. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me.”
Ng had two operations, and doctors used a new technique that minimised the cut and allowed her to keep most of her breast.