A television presenter has opened up about her experience with cancer and she reaches the end of her treatment. Sarah Beeny appeared on ITV's This Morning as she discussed her health with Josie Gibson and Holly Willoughby.
The property expert said she is feeling "really well" and has begun using the term "end of treatment" instead of "all-clear." Sarah will be sharing her journey in a Channel 4 documentary on Monday, June 12, at 9pm, reports The Daily Mirror.
She 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.
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"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." Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer in August last year, and has described it as being particularly tough after her mother died from the illness.
The 51 year old explained that hearing her diagnosis made her automatically think of dying, as she said: "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.
Sarah said: "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 property expert also revealed that 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.'"
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