Eight months after first revealing that she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer, Sky Sports News presenter Jo Wilson has shared the joyful news that she is now cancer free.
Back in September, Jo, 38, who has hosted Sky Sports since 2015, revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy after being diagnosed last summer.
At the time, Jo had lost a lost a stone in just a matter of weeks due to the gruelling affect the treatment was having on her body.
The host had gone for a routine smear test in June, with the results detecting signs of cancer.
A month later further tests showed the TV favourite was battling 3b cervical cancer with it having spread to two of her lymph nodes.
Jo, who is proud mum to daughter Mabel, 2, said she broke down in tears to her husband Dan after doctors delivered the news.
However, just eight months on from her life-changing diagnosis, Jo is now cancer free.
The Sky Sports presenter told OK! Magazine that before heading into her cancer consultant’s office, she was bracing herself for more bad news - but was stunned to hear the positive outcome.
“I can honestly say, waiting for the results of my latest scan was one of the toughest times of my life,” she told OK! "I’d almost convinced myself it was going to be bad news."
“I tried to read my consultant’s body language as I walked in, but she must have known how I felt because before she’d even sat down, she told me, ‘It’s excellent news. There’s no evidence of disease.’
“I could hardly believe it but she showed me the most recent scan compared to the one I’d had done when I was first diagnosed. This time it was absolutely clear, with none of the red ‘cancer’ zones that I’d seen on my previous scans.
“I felt a great wave of emotion when I heard the news. I started crying because I just couldn’t believe it. In fact, I’m still trying to process it," Jo explained.
Before her cervical cancer diagnosis last year, Jo had been due a smear test while she had been pregnant with Mabel, but after a traumatic forceps delivery where they both caught sepsis, the presenter had delayed getting it done.
After putting it off for a long time, Jo eventually went and had a smear - but was given the devastating news that she had been living with stage 3 cervical cancer.
Opening up about being told the life-changing news, Jo said last year: "I cried while a lovely nurse held my hand. Then I cried to Dan, and he was quite shocked because he didn’t really think it would be cancer. You're desperately hoping there's a chance it might not be.
"I said to the doctor ‘Am I going to die?'. 'You're not going to die,’ he reassured me. ‘It's very treatable, and it's very curable'."
Since being diagnosed, Jo had continued to speak openly about her fears of the success rate of the treatment, saying while there is a 70% success rate, she thought about the 30% chance it might not work.
The mother-of-on has also since said that she finds it 'terrifying' she could have put off her smear test even longer as she urged women the importance of getting one done.
Jo spoke about how there was a surge in women getting their smear tests done after Big Brother star Jade Goody's tragic death, but now one in three don't go.
She decided to speak out about her cancer battle to raise awareness and hopes she will be able save another's life by doing so.
* For more information about cervical cancer visit Jo’s Trust, the UK’s leading cervical cancer charity or call the helpline 0808 802 8000.
