Kelly Reichardt was looking through shots a photographer friend took of her in 2020 when she suddenly noticed a strange shape on her left breast. The mum-of-one peered closely at the image of herself standing side-on, observing what appeared to be “wobbly flesh”.
It turned out to be breast cancer and Kelly’s keen eye may have saved her life, but it came with a confusing twist – nine years earlier, the West Auckland woman had undergone a mastectomy to remove both her breasts.