Strictly's Amy Dowden almost died during chemo: 'It got very bad - I was unresponsive'
ok.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden has spoken of the harrowing moment she nearly died following chemotherapy to treat her cancer.
The 33 year old pro dancer, who joined the BBC One show in 2017, announced earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with grade three aggressive breast cancer.The Welsh ballroom and Latin star underwent a single mastectomy in June and has gone on to have five rounds of chemotherapy to treat the disease.
Now Amy has opened up on how her first and second cycles of chemo ended up with emergency hospital stays and life-threatening complications.
First she suffered from sepsis and secondly with blood clots. She described how, after her first round of the treatment, she “felt great” and even went on a five-mile walk with her dad two days later.
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