'weight-loss Jab Helped Me Find My Cancer'

A female who discovered she had bosom crab aft losing much than 2 chromatic utilizing Mounjaro has said nan jab "saved her life".

Rebecca Combellack, from Sutton Bonington successful Nottinghamshire, was diagnosed pinch shape 2 crab successful May 2025 aft uncovering a lump successful her bosom earlier that month.

The 37‑year‑old said doctors told her she was fortunate to person mislaid weight, arsenic she would person struggled to consciousness nan lump if she had been heavier.

"The crab was fast‑acting, and if I'd near it moreover six months, nan result could person been overmuch worse," she added.

The most communal broadside effects see nausea, vomiting, bloating, constipation and diarrhoea, while immoderate study hairsbreadth nonaccomplishment and successful uncommon cases gallbladder and kidney problems and depression.

Rebecca started taking nan GLP-1 medicine in April 2025 aft weighing herself during a skiing holiday.

"I stepped connected to measurement nan boots and nan skis," she explained, "and I was nan aforesaid weight arsenic my husband, truthful I was like: 'Right, I've sewage to suffer nan weight'."

Rebecca mislaid much than 2 chromatic (12.7kg) successful 2 months, and said nan weight-loss revealed a mini lump heavy successful her rib cage.

Scans and biopsies followed, and a week and a half later she was fixed a test of oestrogen receptor-positive bosom cancer.

"I went from emotion awesome from losing weight to 'oh God, I've sewage cancer'," she said.

"Hearing those 3 words really does shingle you up. It conscionable each felt for illustration a bad dream."

The creation and trading business proprietor has since had an cognition to region nan lump successful her bosom and began chemotherapy successful August 2025.

"I've conscionable tried to spot this arsenic different situation that's added to our normal life," Rebecca said.

"We've conscionable continued pinch life, hobbies, kids arsenic normal.

"I've worked each this clip for my business, moreover done treatment, because that's really we get through."

Rebecca and her hubby Richard Combellack, 44, person said they person turned their attraction to kindness activity to thief them support going.

Richard said: "We conscionable don't want anyone to person to spell done this type of cancer.

"She has to beryllium connected a hormone blocker for nan remainder of her life, which brings connected early menopause, meaning we can't person immoderate much kids.

"The menopause will person to beryllium acold turkey because she can't person immoderate hormones for illustration HRT.

"It's truthful tough, but she's coped highly well."

The brace person raised tens of thousands of pounds for charities Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel.

Richard, who has had a passion for crystal lucky since he was a kid and presently plays for nan Nottingham Knights, organised a kindness lucifer astatine Nottingham's Motorpoint arena connected Sunday.

Richard said: "It's a horrible point astatine Bex's young property to person to spell through, truthful if we tin extremity 1 person, 1 azygous person, having to spell done this journey, and uncovering it earlier would extremity that, past it's a triumph for us, truthful that's why it really intends thing to us. "

For Rebecca, it is astir staying affirmative and helping others that is helping her done nan gruelling treatment.

"I've conscionable sewage to transportation connected laughing," she said. "It's really we get through."