BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas fears she's 'worked herself to death' amid emotional cancer scare
29.04.2024 - 09:21
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Shirley Ballas has shared her fear she's 'worked herself to death' after recently sharing how she's undergoing a number of health tests. The Strictly Come Dancing star, who is head judge on the BBC One dance contest, shared a photo of herself on social media last week after undergoing a biopsy following a routine mammogram.
Taking to her Instagram Story, the 63-year-old shared a picture in which she appeared to be showing a bandage on her chest. She explained: "Urging all women do not miss your mammogram. I went for mine. Ended up going for a second one and a biopsy. Local anesthetic biopsy done. Now waiting for results..."
It is then when she included Strictly dancer Amy Dowden, who was last year diagnoses with breast cancer before undergoing a mastectomy and chemotherapy treatment, as she added: "@Amy_Dowden you ran through my mind the importance of not putting it off. Go and get tested, plus self-breast check regularly xx." Amy then responded: "Always here for you! Important message here all from @shirleyballas."
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Now, Shirley has revealed she's had three biopsies and also says her biggest fear is that she will die before her 87-year-old mother, Audrey. There is also a history of cancer in the TV star's family as Audrey was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2018, but is now in remission, and Shirley’s grandmother, grandfather and aunt all had the disease.
She has shared how she would often check herself but was alarmed when doctors told her they had discovered something unusual - and needed to take a
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