Strictly's Amy Dowden heads to hospital to begin her breast cancer treatment  trends now

Strictly's Amy Dowden heads to hospital to begin her breast cancer treatment  trends now
Strictly's Amy Dowden heads to hospital to begin her breast cancer treatment  trends now

Strictly's Amy Dowden heads to hospital to begin her breast cancer treatment  trends now

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has revealed she's begun hospital treatment for her breast cancer.

The dancer, 32, announced she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer last week after discovering a lump on her breast while preparing for her honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones.

Amy took to Instagram to share a snap from her hospital bed, writing she was 'more determined than ever' to get back on the Strictly dancefloor.

Her post's caption read: 'Step one to beating cancer! Rrrrrrready for this fight and more determined than ever to get back on the dance floor.'

Many of Amy's Strictly co-stars shared their own well-wishes for the star in the comments underneath her post with Karen Hauer writing: 'Love you ♥️ you got this.'

'Ready for this fight!' Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has revealed she's begun hospital treatment for her breast cancer

'Ready for this fight!' Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has revealed she's begun hospital treatment for her breast cancer

Determined: The dancer took to Instagram to share a snap from her hospital bed, writing she was 'more determined than ever' to get back on the Strictly dancefloor

Determined: The dancer took to Instagram to share a snap from her hospital bed, writing she was 'more determined than ever' to get back on the Strictly dancefloor

Tom Fletcher added: 'Sending you all the love today. Us Fletchers are right behind you. X.'

Former It Takes Two host Zoe Ball commented: 'huge love and strength to you beautiful amy.' 

Amy has received a wave of public support from her Strictly co-stars since publicly sharing her diagnosis, with producers confirming her position on the show will remain vacant until she returns. 

The Strictly Come Dancing professional shared her diagnosis on Instagram in May and discussed the possibility of returning to the BBC show for its new series later this year.

She wrote: 'Hey all, I've got some news which isn't easy to share. I've recently been diagnosed with breast cancer but I'm determined to get back on that dance floor before you know it. Welsh love Amy.'

The dancer has battled gut condition Crohn's disease since she was a child and said she has already been through 'quite a lot' in her life with health struggles.

She told HELLO at the time: 'You just don't ever think it's going to happen to you. I hadn't thought it was possible to get breast cancer at my age. My mum has had breast cancer, but she had it at a later age, in her 50s.'

Amy said it was taking part in the CoppaTrek! walk last June in support of breast health awareness charity CoppaFeel! that led her to discover her own cancer.

Scary: Amy announced she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer last week after discovering a lump on her breast while preparing for her honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones

Scary: Amy announced she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer last week after discovering a lump on her breast while preparing for her honeymoon with her husband Ben Jones

She realised that she doesn't 'check her breasts' and then made a conscious effort to check herself, saying CoppaFeel! has 'potentially saved her life'.

'I don't know how long this lump could have been there before I would have noticed and done something about it,' she added.

Amy said she found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband flew to the Maldives for a belated honeymoon after their wedding last July.

The dancer said she was 'in shock' and

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