trictly Come Dancing skilled dancer Amy Dowden has revealed she has been recognized with breast most cancers.
Caerphilly-born Dowden, who joined the BBC dance competitors present in 2017, shared the news on Instagram, telling followers that she is “determined” to return to the dance ground as quickly as she will.
The 32-year-old wrote: “Hey all, I’ve got some news which isn’t easy to share.
“I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer but I’m determined to get back on that dance floor before you know it.”
Dowden added a pink love coronary heart, signing off with “Welsh love Amy” with a kiss.
She stated she discovered a lump in her breast in April, the day earlier than going to the Maldives on her honeymoon with fellow skilled dancer Ben Jones, and hopes to boost consciousness of the illness.
Dowden stated after realising the lump had grown after her vacation, she went to the GP earlier than being despatched for an emergency referral.
She advised Hello journal: “Everything happened so fast within that day. I went on my own and didn’t tell anybody, but when I was there, the nurse said to me ‘You need to have somebody here’ and that’s when Ben found out.
“They told me it was looking very suspicious and to prepare for the worst, hope for the best. They did the biopsy and then we had a wait.”
Last week Dowden was advised she had grade three breast most cancers.
She stated: “My doctor explained to me that there are three grades, and three is the most aggressive, but they feel like they’ve caught mine early and to not be too alarmed because grade 3 would be expected in somebody of my age.”
It comes after she revealed she was affected by Crohn’s illness in 2019, in a bid to assist different victims.
She stated: “With what I’ve done for Crohn’s, I want to do the same here. If I can try and turn this negative into a positive, it’s going to help me get through this.
“You just don’t ever think it’s going to happen to you. I hadn’t thought it was possible to get breast cancer at my age.
“My mum has had breast cancer, but she had it at a later age, in her 50s.”
The Welsh dancer stated her former Strictly dance associate and member of British boyband McFly Tom Fletcher, and his spouse Giovanna provided her help after discovering the news.
She stated: “Tom and Giovanna got straight in the car and came to see me when I told them the news, and we went for a walk.
“Giovanna’s encouragement has been central to my decision to share my story in the hopes of helping others.”
Dowden married Jones in a star-studded Welsh ceremony final July, after turning into engaged on New Year’s Eve in 2017.
The event featured a efficiency by Fletcher and an array of Strictly stars had been in attendance, together with fellow skilled Dianne Buswell, who served as bridesmaid.
Sharing messages of help on social media, Buswell stated on listening to the news: “Our Welsh dragon is going to fight this !!!! and I can not wait for the moment you are back on that dance floor with us. We love you so much Amy.”
Meanwhile different Strictly stars together with Johannes Radebe, Karen Hauer, Gorka Marquez and Nadiya Bychkova additionally despatched their properly needs.
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