Strictly’s Amy Dowden, 32, reveals she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and admits she didn’t think it was ‘going to happen to her’
Amy Dowden has devastatingly revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and admitted she didn’t think it was ‘going to happen to her.
The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 32, took to her Instagram Stories to share her health update, saying she is ‘determined’ to get back on the dance floor.
She admitted it wasn’t easy to share the news and explained how she found a lump in her breast before going on her honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones in April.
She penned: ‘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. Welsh love Amy.’
Amy has battled chronic gut condition Crohn’s Disease since she was a child and admitted she has already been through ‘quite a lot’ in her life.
Sad news: Amy Dowden has devastatingly revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer
Health: The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 32, took to her Instagram Stories to share her health update, saying she is ‘determined’ to get back on the dance floor
She told Hello! Magazine of her cancer diagnosis: ‘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.’
Amy told how it was taking part in the CoppaTrek! last June in support of breast health awareness charity CoppaFeel! that led her to discover her own cancer.
She explained how she realised she doesn’t ‘check her breasts’ and then made a conscious effort to check herself, saying CoppaFeel! has ‘potentially saved her life’.
‘I don’t know how long this lump could have been there before I would have noticed and done something about it,’ she added.
