Strictly’s Amy Dowden breaks down in tears in hospital as she rings the bell after her last chemo session
AMY Dowden broke down in tears in hospital as she rang the bell after her last chemotherapy session.
Strictly pro Amy, 33, shared an emotional video to Instagram today which saw her surrounded by the nurses and doctors who have treated her.
The Welsh star revealed in May that she’d been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.
After undergoing a mastectomy a month later, she told how doctors had found cancer elsewhere in her body.
Brave Amy later started chemotherapy treatment and recently made the heart-wrenching decision to shave her hair.
Taking to social media once again, she brought her followers along for the emotional moment.
The TV personality wrote in her caption, “I rang the bell and I’m so thankful I got too!
“My toughest journey yet! These past few months I look back and think how did my body get through this both physically and mentally.
“From the words I’m so sorry Amy, it’s cancer and what’s your fertility plans.
“To having a mastectomy, two weeks later hormone daily injections for egg retrieval, a little Crohns flare up and then on to chemo plus shutting down my ovaries on the same day which sadly lead to sepsis, blood clots, losing my eyebrows, lashes (I have a few hanging in there) and three toe nails.
“But also it’s taken away my love of life these past few months and of course my DANCING!”
“It’s been tough. But hopefully has now given me chance of more life which I’m eternally grateful for and I will never take for granted again.
“I’ll never be the same Amy again but, what I do know is I’m so much stronger than I ever knew and I have made the most amazing friends along the way.
“I hate looking in the mirror at the moment but I know this is a small price to pay and ‘this too shall pass’.
“I’m so grateful to the wonderful Sheldon oncology unit and my family and friends who have been there endlessly for Ben and I. We did it!
“All though my journey isn’t over yet, this day of ringing the chemo bell felt like an endless distance away and at points I thought I’d never make it to. I’m so proud of myself.
“I now await an MRI to determine if I need more surgery but for now I’m celebrating my chemo journey coming to an end.
“Thank you all for your love and support along the way. My dancing shoes are warming up and I can’t wait to get back in the training room!
“Now please remember to check yourselves, if you aren’t who is?!”
Strictly fans were delighted when Amy made a surprise appearance on the show last month amid her cancer battle.
Her illness forced her to pull out of the programme, but appeared on the dance floor in October.