Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Amy Dowden has returned home following her second surgery after her breast cancer diagnosis in time to watch the show with her family
Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden returned home from surgery in time to watch the show on Saturday. The professional dancer underwent a second mastectomy this week after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2023.
Since her diagnosis, Amy, 35, has already had a mastectomy and chemotherapy, and almost died when she fell ill with sepsis. She explained earlier this week that she would be undergoing the second operation, before updating fans sharing a picture of herself at home in her pyjamas with a lymphatic drain attached to the operation site, sipping a cup of tea.
Amy also shared a second picture where she was surrounded by her family and friends for a selfie as they watched the TV. She captioned her post: “Home, resting up, still got my drain in but rrrrrready for the best entertainment and medicine there is for me…..
“Good luck everyone. Cheering you all on from home! Lots of luck and love xxxxx.” Amy was flooded with comments from well-wishers on the post including a message from Strictly host Claudia Winkleman who added three red heart emojis.
Earlier in the week Amy shared a post from her hospital bed following her surgery as she was watching the Celebrity Traitors final. Her husband, Ben, was at her side along with other members of family as she began her recovery.
At the time she shared: “Surgery went well and lots of sleep and resting up. Hubby & Family have been looking after me and the besties have turned up with the goods and nothing is stopping us from watching the traitors …keeping the tradition going.”
Amy announced in February 2024 that she had no evidence of cancer in her system anymore after her gruelling treatment regimen, but the all clear would not come for five years as she continued with hormone therapy. She then shared that she would be getting a second mastectomy on Monday.
She wrote: “As you all know I’ve always been very open about my health and the care I receive. So I’d like to start by being clear what I am about to share is not to treat a new cancer diagnosis. However following a recent appointment with my incredible medical team, we’ve decided that I’ll be having another mastectomy this week. They’re confident that, all going well, I can expect a straightforward recovery.
“Once I have healed I look forward to rejoining my Strictly family. Of course I’m going to miss not being there so much but I will be watching from home and look forward to cheering everyone on. Thank you always for all the support. Welsh love Amy xxx.”
Last month Amy admitted feeling she was “letting down” fellow cancer sufferers after she and Apprentice star Thomas Skinner were the first to be voted off this series of strictly.
Speaking at the Women of the Year Awards at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London she said: “I’m gutted to be out of the competition because I really wanted to represent cancer survivors – and I feel like I’ve let them down.”
She added to the Daily Mail: “I wanted Thomas to go far but, selfishly, I wanted to do it for the cancer community. Since my diagnosis, I came back, got pulled out, came back again and then finished last.”
Source: Mirror
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