Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian, 42, confirms she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer after discovering a lump while breastfeeding her baby Do YOU have a story? Email tips@dailymail.com If you have have been affected by anything in this story, contact the Macmillan Support Line for free on 0808 808 00 00 By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 08:03 BST, 9 September 2024 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 9 September 2024 e-mail 12 shares View comments Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer . The 42-year-old actress - who is best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap from 2001 to 2007 - has admitted she was left in "total shock" when she found out the devastating news at the end of June.
Ali - who now lives in Ireland with her husband and two young daughters - is currently having chemotherapy before she undergoes a mastectomy and radiotherapy. She told OK! : 'It was a total shock. I have mornings when I wake up and I’ve forgotten.
.. and then suddenly I remember.
I’m still trying to process it.' Ali was breastfeeding daughter Isabella, 19 months - her youngest child with husband David O’Mahony - when she came across a lump. Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer after discovering a lump while breastfeeding Ali was breastfeeding daughter Isabella, 19 months - her youngest child with husband David O’Mahony - when she came across a lump The mother-of-two - who also raises Isla, four, with her husb.