Hollyoaks star Abi Phillips diagnosed with thyroid cancer aged 28
ok.co.ukHollyoaks star Abi Phillips has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at the age of 28. The actress, best known for playing Liberty Savage in the Channel 4 soap, shared her diagnosis on Instagram on Monday evening.
She posted a photo of herself wearing a hospital gown, and another with a bandage over her throat post-surgery. She wrote: "So, I took these pictures before my scans and after my biopsy having a good old laugh about how ridiculously dressed up I looked in the hospital before a gig, not expecting for one moment to get the news that I did two weeks later." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
You can sign up at the top of the page. She continued: "I'd previously been sent away from the doctors after having found two lumps in my neck, they'd passed it off and said I was 'young' and it wouldn't be anything and I was 'probably getting over a cold' or my body was 'fighting something off'. "As much as that's what I wanted to hear I wanted to get everything checked for my own peace of mind." Abi went on to explain what happened next, crediting Love Island 's Demi Jones for raising awareness for her checking for lumps, with Demi's being in "the exact same place" as hers. "I booked in with a specialist and immediately she told me she was very concerned due to where my lumps were located and referred me for an urgent biopsy and scans," she said. "Fast forward two weeks and just before Easter weekend I had an appointment to see a consultant at the QE hospital who sat me down and told me that I had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and that I would need surgery and radiotherapy treatment. "I never thought I would be told that I have cancer at the age of.
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