'I assumed it was a pulled muscle': The terrible moment Lisa, 46, learned her agonising back pain was breast cancer

• One in six women with breast cancer have symptoms other than a raised lump
• These can include swollen or sore arms, breathlessness, weight loss or back pain
• One in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime

Like many people, Lisa Harvey was used to the occasional twinge in her back. 

But three years ago, she experienced pain which was so intense that, at times, it took her breath away.

‘It came on gradually, starting as a nagging pain just below my right shoulder blade, but soon built up into a constant throbbing sensation — as if someone had pressed a hot needle into my back,’ says the deputy registrar of marriages and deaths, from Cardiff. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4851764/The-moment-learned-pain-breast-cancer.html