PAGE 3 legend Linda Lusardi’s boobs made her famous — but she admits there have been times when she was terrified they could kill her. Linda first noticed a lump 12 years ago and has found an average of one a year ever since. Today, in an exclusive chat, she tells how the abnormalities have always been harmless benign cysts, but urges women to get checked out, even if they are terrified of what they may find.
Linda told The Sun on Sunday: “It is frightening. "The first few I found left me terrified. I have had about 13 since then.
"With the first one, I thought, ‘What the hell is it — is it cancer ? read more on Linda Lusardi "Am I going to die?’. “I have had cysts for about 12 years. "I think there has only been three years during that time when I haven’t needed hospital treatment.
“But I’ve always had them checked and they have all just been made of fluid. Most read in Health "The doctors get rid of them by puncturing them with a needle. “I had to go to the hospital again earlier this year and I could see them draining them on a screen and taking a biopsy.
"They are so deep you can’t see them. "I always say, ‘How will I know if the next one is a cyst or if it is cancer ?’. “But the doctors at the breast clinic at my local hospital have been brilliant — we are on first-name terms.
"They say I will be able to tell the difference. “Obviously, it goes through your mind, but I don’t worry now. “I am lucky.
I make sure I check my breast.