Amy Dowden choked back tears on Instagram as she admitted she ‘hates looking at herself in the mirror at the moment’ amid her breast cancer journey on Tuesday.

The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 33, also revealed she started cancer rehabilitation ahead of undergoing her last round of chemotherapy on Thursday.

Amy, who was officially diagnosed with the disease in May, found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband Ben Jones jetted off for a belated honeymoon to the Maldives after their wedding last July.

Speaking to her fans in a video, she said: ‘So I’ve just put some makeup on because I’m off to hospital in a bit, but this morning I just started my… I’m going to call it… my rehab, and I feel so good for it. 

‘I’m not going to lie, like I hate looking at myself in the mirror at the moment. And I know so many of us who have been on this journey too feel the same. 

Emotional: Amy Dowden, 33, chocked back tears on Instagram as she admitted she 'hates looking at herself in the mirror at the moment' amid her breast cancer journey on Tuesday

Emotional: Amy Dowden, 33, chocked back tears on Instagram as she admitted she 'hates looking at herself in the mirror at the moment' amid her breast cancer journey on Tuesday

Emotional: Amy Dowden, 33, chocked back tears on Instagram as she admitted she ‘hates looking at herself in the mirror at the moment’ amid her breast cancer journey on Tuesday

Teary: The Strictly Come Dancing professional also revealed she started cancer rehabilitation ahead of undergoing her last round of chemotherapy on Thursday

Teary: The Strictly Come Dancing professional also revealed she started cancer rehabilitation ahead of undergoing her last round of chemotherapy on Thursday

Teary: The Strictly Come Dancing professional also revealed she started cancer rehabilitation ahead of undergoing her last round of chemotherapy on Thursday

‘Loosing my hair, look I’ve got hardly any of my eyelashes here, it looks like I have a lot on that one [pointing to eye], but I think it’s just the way I have done them, but I’ve lost so many of my eyelashes.

‘My eyebrows I got micro-bladed just before I started Chemo – I’m really grateful to have a few on top by the way – I know they’re not going to last long. So it looks like I have a lot but honestly I really haven’t.’

Amy discussed how she doesn’t feel ‘comfortable in her own skin’ due to her weight gain – from having to take steroids and not being able to dance.

She added: ‘I’ve gained some what quite a bit of weight due to steroids. I’m normally dancing all day, everyday and I haven’t been able to since May because I had my mastectomy and I had to wait six weeks. 

‘Then I began chemo with my port with all the complications I’ve had there. So obviously I’ve gained weight.

‘I’ve gone up two dress sizes and all the way through I’ve told myself look all that matters now is getting myself well, getting through Chemo, getting through this but obviously I really don’t feel comfortable in my own skin. And you know I want to be back dancing.’

Emotionally looking into the future and trying to keep positive, Amy added: ‘I may not be the same Amy ever again, you know in terms of me mentally and physically because I’ve had a mastectomy but – I’m getting a little emotional – I have began that journey.

Battle: Amy, who was officially diagnosed with the disease in May, found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband Ben Jones jetted off for a belated honeymoon to the Maldives after their wedding last July

Battle: Amy, who was officially diagnosed with the disease in May, found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband Ben Jones jetted off for a belated honeymoon to the Maldives after their wedding last July

Battle: Amy, who was officially diagnosed with the disease in May, found a lump in her right breast in April, a day before she and her husband Ben Jones jetted off for a belated honeymoon to the Maldives after their wedding last July

Opening up: 'I'm not going to lie, like I hate looking at myself in the mirror at the moment. And I know so many of us who have been on this journey too feel the same'

Opening up: 'I'm not going to lie, like I hate looking at myself in the mirror at the moment. And I know so many of us who have been on this journey too feel the same'

Opening up: ‘I’m not going to lie, like I hate looking at myself in the mirror at the moment. And I know so many of us who have been on this journey too feel the same’

Holding back the tears: Amy discussed how she doesn't feel 'comfortable in her own skin' due to her weight gain - from having to take steroids and not being able to dance

Holding back the tears: Amy discussed how she doesn't feel 'comfortable in her own skin' due to her weight gain - from having to take steroids and not being able to dance

Holding back the tears: Amy discussed how she doesn’t feel ‘comfortable in her own skin’ due to her weight gain – from having to take steroids and not being able to dance

Brave: The Strictly star opened up about hormone treatment forcing her body into menopause and the fear she may not be able to have children with new husband Ben Jones

Brave: The Strictly star opened up about hormone treatment forcing her body into menopause and the fear she may not be able to have children with new husband Ben Jones

Brave: The Strictly star opened up about hormone treatment forcing her body into menopause and the fear she may not be able to have children with new husband Ben Jones

Honest: Amy recently choked back tears as she discussed her 'extremely tough' battle with breast cancer during Channel 4 's Stand Up To Cancer last week

Honest: Amy recently choked back tears as she discussed her 'extremely tough' battle with breast cancer during Channel 4 's Stand Up To Cancer last week

Honest: Amy recently choked back tears as she discussed her ‘extremely tough’ battle with breast cancer during Channel 4 ‘s Stand Up To Cancer last week

Tough: She told host Davina McCall: 'I've had sepsis, blood clots, I've had to have hormone treatment then being put into menopause'

Tough: She told host Davina McCall: 'I've had sepsis, blood clots, I've had to have hormone treatment then being put into menopause'

Tough: She told host Davina McCall: ‘I’ve had sepsis, blood clots, I’ve had to have hormone treatment then being put into menopause’ 

‘Obviously I’m no where near to where I am before but I just can’t wait to get back into the gym and do some gentle exercises and start this journey.

‘I want to come back stronger and I know it’s not going to come back overnight… my body has been through it…. but I started that journey today. 

‘I just can’t wait to get to the fittest and healthiest Amy. I’m not going to rush but 2024 I’m going to make sure I can achieve the best version of me.’

It comes after Amy recently opened up about hormone treatment forcing her body into menopause and the fear she may not be able to have children with Ben.

She told host Davina McCall: ‘I’ve had sepsis, blood clots, I’ve had to have hormone treatment then being put into menopause’.

‘When I sat in that room and the doctor said “yes Amy you have cancer” that was one stab, and then what’s your “fertility plans?” ‘.

Because I have an oestrogen fed cancer and they need to shut my ovaries down basically, and my husband is next to me and we’ve only been married a couple of months!’.

Adding: ‘And it’s just heartbreaking and that is something I never knew, and the impact emotionally it’s just been so tough’.

 

 

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