Amy Dowden surprises Strictly Come Dancing professionals after second most cancers prognosis
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my Dowden has described a shock go to to see her Strictly Come Dancing “family” as simply what she wanted after revealing a second most cancers prognosis.
The skilled dancer, 32, introduced final month that she had undergone a mastectomy after discovering that she had stage three breast most cancers.
The Caerphilly-born dancer has since confirmed docs discovered one other kind of most cancers which she described as a “massive blow” because it meant she wouldn’t have the ability to compete in Strictly this 12 months.
On Monday, she shared an image with a number of the skilled dancers from this 12 months’s solid, together with Giovanni Pernice, Dianne Buswell, Gorka Marquez and Karen Hauer.
Dowden, who was a finalist on the BBC movie star competitors 4 years in the past with presenter Karim Zeroual, captioned it: “I surprised the gang! Just what I needed! Seeing the @bbcstrictly family!
“Going to be an amazing series and I can’t wait to watch you all shine and be with you all when I can!”
She additionally hash tagged “Strictly family”, “just what I needed” and “keep dancing”.
Dowden, who married fellow skilled dancer Ben Jones in July 2022, revealed to Hello! journal she had discovered a lump in her breast the day earlier than she deliberate to go on her belated honeymoon this 12 months.
On Friday, Dowden revealed news of her second most cancers prognosis throughout an Instagram video with breast most cancers consciousness charity CoppaFeel!.
She mentioned: “I was originally going to have a lumpectomy, radiotherapy and hormone treatment.
“And then, after my MRI, (the doctors) 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 we were expecting and then they found another type of cancer.”
She added: “For me, straightaway, (it) was just like my dancing, like you can take away my boob but you can’t take my dancing away from me.
“I was already upset about (it), and obviously, this year, it means I’m not (going to) be able to dance with a celebrity on Strictly but I’m in such regular contact with the team (and) the BBC have been just utterly incredible.
“We are just one big family and they’re going to be guided by me (and there are) so many ways to be involved in the show and I’m just staying really positive and hopeful that I’m still going to be part of the show in some way.”