Property expert Sarah Beeny has opened up about a tough part of her experience with cancer as she reaches the "all clear".
The star appeared on ITV's This Morning as she discussed her health with presenters Josie Gibson and Holly Willoughby.
The TV star revealed she's feeling "really well", as she revealed she's begun using the term "end of treatment" instead of "all-clear". The star will share her journey in a Channel 4 documentary next week.
Sarah also revealed her experience with breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in August last year, has been particularly tough as she reveals she'd "lived in fear" of getting cancer after her mother died of the illness.
Speaking on This Morning the property presenter, who stars in Channel 4's Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country, told viewers: "I'd lived with fear of cancer since my mother died... So I suppose, first of all, I started making the documentary largely because I thought it might help other people if they watched what I went through.
"But also because I wanted to go on a journey where I sort of had something I wanted to find out, which is that cancer treatment was better than it used to be when my mother died. And then it was. So I was like, brilliant! That's what I want to know. And the future is even better."
She added: "I was so scared of getting cancer, and now I'm not scared of cancer."
The star revealed that hearing her diagnosis made her automatically think of dying as she shared: "They say ‘you’ve got breast cancer’ but what you hear is ‘what kind of coffin would you like?'"
She then added some sage advice for ITV viewers as she urged: "If you’ve got any suspicion of any lump, go and get it checked out. The earlier the diagnosis, the better the outcome."
In April the star spoke with Christine Lampard on ITV's Lorraine as she got emotional in an interview as she spoke about having mixed feelings about being given the all-clear by doctors.
She said: "It's good but it's weird, the doctors sort of kind of go 'oh right that's it then, that's the end of that' and you're like, 'how do you know?' Then they go, we don't but we think so.
"It's an ongoing thing. I have to take drugs for years and be very vigilant. It's been a kind of weird ride."
The star also revealed she took the decision to cut her long blonde hair short before receiving treatment which she knew would make her go bald.
Sarah said: "It’s weird because I was trying to work out why losing your hair is so traumatic, because it shouldn’t be.
"It’s only hair isn’t it? I think it’s wrong we should feel so much shame… I thought, I have a tannoy and an option to speak about this, and I think if it helps one person… Maybe just because I feel it’s a bit empowering for me and maybe it’s a bit empowering for someone else to look at it and go, 'Okay, you know what, I can just go out with a bald head too.'"
Sarah Beeny vs Cancer is on Channel 4 at 9pm on Monday, June 12.
If you have been affected by this story, advice and support can be found at Breast Cancer Support.
