Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden hit with another devastating diagnosis after breast cancer surgery
22.07.2023 - 11:17
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has shared a heartbreaking update with her fans after she was hit by a second devastating diagnosis.
The Welsh professional dancer revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, and had since undergone an operation as well as a mastectomy and fertility treatment.
Amy, 32, had promised fans she was determined to get back on the Strictly dancefloor, but following her operation, she received another painful update on her health.
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During a recent Instagram Live video Amy chatted to breast cancer survivor and Paralympic gold medallist Erin Kennedy for the charity CoppaFeel! and sadly revealed doctors had discovered more tumours, the Mirror reports.
She said she has been diagnosed with 'another type of cancer'. The star has since had a mastectomy and has now been told she will need chemotherapy, which means she’ll miss out on being paired with a celebrity on Strictly Come Dancing this year.
Speaking candidly in the live video, Amy revealed doctors found more tumours when she underwent her MRI and mastectomy.
She said: "For me my journey everything changed. I was originally going to have a lumpectomy, radiotherapy and hormone treatment. But then, after my MRI, they found another tumour so then it changed into a mastectomy and then, after my mastectomy, unfortunately, they found even more tumours.
"And my pathology wasn’t what they were expecting. And they found another type of cancer and then they told me I needed chemo – for me that was a massive blow. It wasn’t in the plan, originally – and I know the plan you can’t get fixated on.
"So all of a sudden then I