Heather Mills has revealed she had a cancer scare after doctors found a tumour on her leg following a skiing accident.
The former wife of Beatle star Sir Paul McCartney was taken into hospital following a skiing accident last year when doctors raised the alarm after finding the growth on her leg.
Speaking to Hello! magazine, Heather said: "An MRI scan picked up a tumour in the top of my left leg, which is the same one I had amputated below the knee.
"I had to go back into the MRI machine and they put a dye into it. Doctors said it [the tumour] had been there for some time. It all happened very quickly. Thankfully, it was all fine. Doctors told me the tumour was benign not cancerous."
The campaigner lost her lower left leg after it was amputated following an accident in which she was knocked down by a speeding police motorcycle responding to an emergency in 1993.
However, the former model is set to race for the British Disabled Ski Team in Austria this week despite her injuries.
She said: "I was in hospital five times in 2011 because of skiing. I fractured my left shoulder twice and snapped my cruciate ligament. Luckily I'm a quick healer and I'm looking forward to competing."
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