article_snippet: Candice reluctantly went under the knife to remove more than 20 lumps . '
article_snippet: British Candice, who was living in Karratha, Western Australia, at the time, recalled: 'I was a blubbering mess. '
article_snippet: I thought, 'what have I done to get myself in this situation?'
article_snippet: That was the darkest point I have ever been when I was in hospital.
article_snippet: Instantly alarm bells went off in my head.
article_snippet: I got strong from that point.
article_snippet: I stopped going into myself and crying. '
article_snippet: My husband was not supportive and it wasn't working, we we split up too. '