Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has given fans an update on her cancer treatment. The professional dancer, 32, revealed she had been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in May this year as she spoke of her hopes to return to the Strictly ballroom.
Posting her update to her Instagram Story, Amy shared a selfie taken before her medical procedure yesterday (July 3) as she assured her followers: "All went well, just feeling groggy and drowsy! Thanks for all the messages."
Amy joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2017 and has since become a favourite with viewers. In May, the dancer shared her diagnosis with her Instagram followers, writing that it was not "easy to share" news.
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Amy, who hails from Caerphilly in South Wales, revealed in an exclusive interview with Hello! that she does not know if she will make it back to the Strictly ballroom, but she is hopeful. The professional was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and a few weeks ago had a mastectomy to remove her right breast.
Speaking to The Mirror at the time, Amy said she was 'visualising' herself on the dancefloor. She insists: “If I only have radiotherapy I’ll be back on Strictly this season. Once radiotherapy is done there’ll be nothing to stop me, there’s no pressure but Strictly is leaving the door open. It’s having something to work towards.
“I’m visualising myself on that Strictly dance floor. Just being back in the ballroom with the live audience, the adrenalin and the atmosphere. And the support from the whole Strictly family.
“We can choreograph around me doing things with lifting, putting pressure on my arm. You can adapt.”
She added: "Imagine what it would show everyone, getting back out there? Women who have been diagnosed can think, well Amy got straight back out.
“And if I have to have chemotherapy, I’ll be present in some way, even if I’m in a wig. I know amazing hair people with Strictly. Whether it’s on It Takes Two, or being up in Claudia’s area waiting for the scores, I’ll be there.”
