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Amy Dowden celebrated her final round of chemotherapy on Thursday, ringing the traditional end of treatment bell to celebrate.
The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 33, admitted she had been 'crying all morning' as she arrived for her eighth and final round of chemo with her husband Ben.
She later shared a photo of herself and two others who had also completed their chemotherapy treatment.
Amy, who was officially diagnosed with the disease in May, found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband Ben Jones jetted off for a belated honeymoon to the Maldives after their wedding last July.
'It's chemo number 8! The last one! We are finally here. I've cried all morning!' Amy told her Instagram followers alongside a photo of her and Ben about to enter the hospital.
Milestone: Amy Dowden celebrated her final round of chemotherapy on Thursday, ringing the traditional end of treatment bell to celebrate alongside two others
End of chemo: Amy, who was officially diagnosed with the disease in May, found a lump in her right breast in April , a day before she and her husband jetted off for a belated honeymoon
'Right an afternoon of chemo and then I'm so lucky and grateful to be able to ring that bell! Will never take it for granted! Thank you to the incredible Sheldon Unit! You are all amazing #nhs, all #trueheroes Right here goes! See you all later.'
Amy was later joined by two other ladies as 'all three of us ring that chemo bell!'
'32,35 and 26 when all diagnosed with breast cancer so please this is a note from us three to check your chest! Cancer doesn't discriminate! Our wish to you all is the remember to monthly check! @kiimmbo.6 @kimberley_banfield' Amy wrote alongside the momentous photo.
Amy confirmed last week that she would be completing chemotherapy, but explained she was facing further treatment.
Speaking in an Instagram video, Amy explained: 'Four weeks after the last chemo, I have my MRI scan and then I find out if I need more surgery – or if I'm done.'
She added 'well, I'm kind of not done, because for five years - I was a bit gutted when I found this out – I have to go back to the chemo ward.'
'Obviously, I love all the nurses there, they're incredible, the whole team are – but I have to go back and have an injection once a month. It's either that, or have my ovaries removed, which I obviously don't want.'
In another update last week Amy choked back tears on Instagram as she admitted she 'hates looking at herself in the mirror at the moment'.
Emotional: The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 33, admitted she had been 'crying all morning' as she arrived for her eighth and final round of chemo with her husband Ben
Here we go! 'It's chemo number 8! The last one! We are finally here. I've cried all morning!' Amy told her Instagram followers as her Strictly friends send their support
Cancer journey: Amy was later joined by two other ladies as she happily told fans: 'All three of us ring that chemo bell!'
Speaking to her fans in a video, she said: 'So I've just put some makeup on because I'm off to hospital in a bit, but this morning I just started my... I'm going to call it... my rehab, and I feel so good for it.
'I'm not going to lie, like I hate looking at myself in the mirror at the moment. And I know so many of us who have been on this journey too feel the same.
'Loosing my hair, look I've got hardly any of my eyelashes here, it looks like I have a lot on that one [pointing to eye], but I think it's just the way I have done them, but I've lost so many of my eyelashes.
'My eyebrows I got micro-bladed just before I started Chemo - I'm really grateful to have a few on top by the way - I know they're not going to last long. So it looks like I have a lot but honestly I really haven't.'
Amy discussed how she doesn't feel 'comfortable in her own skin' due to her weight gain - from having to take steroids and not being able to dance.
Emotional: Amy choked back tears on Instagram last week as she admitted she 'hates looking at herself in the mirror at the moment'
Brave: The Strictly star opened up about hormone treatment forcing her body into menopause and the fear she may not be able to have children with new husband Ben Jones
Honest: Amy recently discussed her 'extremely tough' battle with breast cancer during Channel 4 's Stand Up To Cancer
Tough: She told host Davina McCall: 'I've had sepsis, blood clots, I've had to have hormone
