Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has provided fans with a health update after she revealed she’s been diagnosed with “another type of cancer” earlier this month.
The 32-year-old headed over to Instagram and candidly informed her followers that she’s not looking forward to gaining another scar ahead of her next procedure.
Sharing a selfie, where she could be seen wearing a hospital gown, Amy opened up to her fears.
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Captioning the snap she penned: “Really not looking forward to this!
“Another scar this one only an inch long but will always remind me and will always be visible,” the star expressed.
(Image: Instagram)
Amy later shared a screenshot of a heartwarming DM she received in response to her post.
The encouraging message from her fan read: “You’ve got this. Not a scar but a warrior stripe.”
Amy previously revealed her devastating health diagnosis and underwent a mastectomy in an effort to remove her cancerous tumour.
After sharing the news with her fans she was immediately shown immense support from her followers.
(Image: Amy Dowden Instagram)
The dancer was scheduled to undergo radiotherapy and then return to Strictly, but she was left distraught when doctors told her they had found more tumours following her MRI scan.
While taking part in a live Instagram video chat with Paralympic gold medalist and breast cancer survivor Erin Kennedy for the charity CoppaFeel!, Amy revealed that her “journey had changed” since being diagnosed.
She also explained that she won’t be able to participate with a celebrity contestant in the next series of Strictly.
Talking openly, 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.”
“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.”
In the past series of Strictly, Amy has been partnered with well-known faces such as Tom Fletcher and Brian Conley, to name a few.
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