WHEN FRIENDS BECOME FAMILY
Jan 11, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS: MISHAAL KHAN
Sitting in bed with my partner Mark, then 42, while he flicked through Netflix, I couldn’t stop thinking about what I’d just found. It was September 2020 and earlier that day, I’d spotted a Facebook post encouraging people to check their breasts. I’d never done it before, so while in bed with Mark, I’d had a quick feel. As I’d prodded and poked my right breast, I’d found it. A firm, grape-sized lump.
Not wanting to worry Mark, I kept it to myself. But the next day, I took my children, Dexter, then eight, and Stanley, six, swimming with my friend, Kirstie, 45. I’d known Kirstie for years. Her son Harry was good friends with Dexter and the two of us had
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