Siti Hasmah shares breast surgery experience at awareness campaign launch

Dr Siti Hasmah was speaking after launching the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, Kuala Lumpur-level 2019 at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday .

She said the doctors confirmed that there was a small lump in her left breast after she underwent a mammogram and biopsy in a hospital here. "The doctor advised me to remove the lump within a week. I initially I did not want to tell my husband as I did not want to bother him because was busy after returning from an overseas trip. After the results were revealed and the doctor confirmed it was a growth, only then did I tell him and he was shocked.

"I remember getting the results on Monday. After that, we waited until Friday for me to be admitted into hospital. In the afternoon, there was another check-up to confirm the growth was there and I went into the operating theater on Saturday morning and the operation was over in the afternoon and I was allowed to go home the next day, ” she said. - Bernama

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