Edinburgh Woman Found Breast Cancer Lump After Getting Stung by Jellyfish at Portobello Beach

Edinburgh woman found breast cancer lump after getting stung by jellyfish at Portobello Beach

Nicky Mather first discovered the “hard lump the size of a pea” after inspecting jellyfish stings she received at Portobello beach

Jellyfish sting led to breast cancer diagnosis—and inspired 58km charity sea swim for NHS Lothian breast Cancer Institute Fund

An Edinburgh woman whose breast cancer was discovered after a jellyfish sting has completed a gruelling 58km (36 miles)  non-stop sea swim around Jersey to raise money for the NHS team that treated her. Nicky Mather signed up for this 58km non-stop, non-wetsuited sea swim around Jersey challenge in 2021. On a training swim in 2022 Nicky swam over a lion’s mane jelly fish at her local Portobello beach in Edinburgh and was stung all over the chest…