Amy Dowden has revealed that her time on Strictly Come Dancing 'saved her life' as it led to her breast cancer breast cancer. The professional dancer, 33, found a lump in her chest the day before her honeymoon in 2022 and completed her course of chemotherapy this November.
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00:00 Honestly, it's amazing.
00:01 One second you're crying, the next minute you're laughing.
00:03 - Yeah, everybody's sharing their stories
00:04 and experiences. - Yeah, when you pass that line.
00:06 And just the most amazing group.
00:08 And one lady was saying she was walking
00:10 because she'd lost her friend in her early 20s.
00:13 And I realized, hang on a minute,
00:15 here I am, you know, trying to raise awareness
00:17 and I don't check myself.
00:19 And it's from that moment then
00:20 that I started to check myself,
00:22 which I wouldn't have done.
00:24 And then just a few months later,
00:26 so if it wasn't for, like, Strictly literally saved my life
00:30 or Pei Rong Wei with the Fletchers,
00:31 I become a Fletcher.
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