In a Strange Twist of Fate, This 30-Year-Old Woman's Breast Implant Saved Her Life

Causing Problems

"At first the doctor at the private clinic kept refusing me because of my lump, but when I got a letter from the hospital confirming that it was a cyst, he agreed to perform the operation," she said. After a number of infections, Kelly's breast implants were removed and later reinserted... but at the six-week checkup, the doctor said she needed to get a biopsy, seeing as her lump had increased in size.

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