Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has left her fans in tears with an update on her cancer journey, posted one year after being diagnosed. The dancer, from Caerphilly, was diagnosed with aggressive stage three cancer in May last year. This weekend she took to Instagram to share a montage video of her time ion hospital over the last year, undergoing surgery and chemotherapy.
The star shared photos of friends and family supporting her, as well as photos of the heartbreaking moment she started to lose her hair. The video shows Amy attending multiple award ceremonies and attending the Strictly Come Dancing live shows, all set to the inspirational soundtrack of The Climb, by Miley Cyrus. Amy wrote: "These past few weeks and especially days I’ve constantly been thinking this time last year I was having this test, or this appointment.
A year ago today it was confirmed what we thought it was but it became reality and my life changed forever when the Dr said we are sorry Amy it’s cancer. I can’t believe it’s been a year and all what my body has been through and achieved. "A year ago Ben, myself and my twin sister cried together and had to pull ourselves together as we had to break the news to my parents and just knowing the heart ache and worry it was going to cause.
I used to lay awake for hours with my mind going to all sorts of places, would I make it to Christmas, would I dance again, how’s Ben going to cope, I don’t want to lose my hair , you name it. I wis.
