Sarah Beeny says she 'waited 40 years' to hear 'really sad' breast cancer diagnosis

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breast cancer and is undergoing treatment to fight the disease.The broadcaster and property expert went on to explain the illness will not stop her from continuing her Channel 4 series and new book.Sarah, 50, also confirmed that she will have surgery in the new year.She will begin a course of radiotherapy at that time, after her course of chemotherapy, which she started last week.In a recent interview, Sarah admitted she had “a little bit of a breakdown” after receiving the upsetting medical news.The star was given her diagnosis three weeks ago, after finding a lump in her breast.While her initial mammogram showed nothing concerning, a biopsy confirmed it was breast cancer, meaning she will need to have a mastectomy.The property star admitted she had been expecting her diagnosis, as her own mother had died at the age of 39 after her breast cancer had spread to her brain when Sarah was just 10 years old.

Recalling her diagnosis, Sarah said: “The nurse was so sweet and they were really nice to me but I thought, ‘You don’t understand. “‘I have waited 40 years to hear those words.’ I knew I was going to hear it one day,” she told The Telegraph.Sarah was deeply affected by her mother’s illness, as she was too young to understand what cancer meant and wasn’t told it was terminal.The star remembered her heartbreak when she was told her mother “wouldn’t wake up” on the day she died and said she felt “lucky to live in a family where we all talk”.Sarah decided to cut her hair at the weekend rather than waiting for it to fall out due to chemotherapy.

The Property Ladder star admitted she was in tears before it happened, but that she did feel much better afterwards thanks to the effort of her sons.“I was really, really sad before.