Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden ready for 'next step' as she reunites with former dance partner in fresh update
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAmy Dowden has told fans she's ready for the 'next step' in her cancer journey after spending the day catching up with her well-known pals.
The Strictly Come Dancing star described a surprise visit to see her BBC One dance contest "family" as just what she needed after a second cancer diagnosis.
The professional dancer, 32, announced last month that she had undergone a mastectomy and reconstruction after being told that she had stage three breast cancer when she discovered a lump in her right breast before going on her honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones.
While she hoped to return to the ballroom later this year depending on her treatment plan, Amy has since confirmed doctors found another type of cancer which she described as a “massive blow” as it meant she wouldn’t be able to compete in the hit show this year. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features The Welsh ballroom and Latin American dancer said during an Instagram Live video on Friday with awareness charity CoppaFeel:: "I was originally going to have a lumpectomy, radiotherapy and hormone treatment. "And then, after my MRI, (the doctors) found another tumour so then it changed into a mastectomy and then, after my mastectomy, unfortunately, they found even more tumours.
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