Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian diagnosed with breast cancer after finding lump while breastfeeding
dailyrecord.co.ukHollyoaks actress Ali Bastian has been left shaken after being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.The star, 42, is currently undergoing weekly chemotherapy sessions and is set to have a mastectomy and radiotherapy early next year according to reports in OK!Ali shared her feelings, saying: "It was a total shock.
I have mornings when I wake up and I've forgotten... and then suddenly I remember. I'm still trying to process it." The actress, known for her roles in BBC1's Doctors and as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing's seventh series, found a lump while breastfeeding her daughter Isabella, reports the Mirror.
Initially dismissed as a possible blocked duct, persistent soreness led her to seek further medical advice, resulting in the devastating diagnosis.Her husband David O'Mahony recounted the moment they received the news: "I was with the kids and Ali stuck her head round the door and said that cancerous cells had turned up in the biopsy."He continued: "She said it in the most subtle way so the girls didn't twig.
I could see how scared and in shock she was. It's so tempting to try and 'positive' your way through news like this but it just hit us like a sledgehammer.
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