WHEN Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden was diagnosed with breast cancer, dying was not her biggest fear. Nor was undergoing chemo, having a mastectomy, battling life-threatening sepsis, undergoing fertility treatment, or shaving off her long blonde hair. 7 Dance pro Amy Dowden is frilled to be back as she poses glammed up for Strictly Credit: BBC 7 On a date with dancer husband Ben in October last year during a break from chemo Credit: Instagram Instead it was the thought of losing her job on the BBC One dance show.
Breaking down in tears, Amy revealed: “When I had to tell Strictly, I was asking ‘Can I keep my job?’ because that was the scariest thing. “To dance at the highest level, you have to be as fit as an athlete. “I was scared about how treatment would affect my body.
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