‘I really don’t want to do this’ sobs Strictly’s Amy Dowden at first chemo session in heartbreaking new documentary
AMY Dowden was reduced to tears as she underwent her first chemo session on camera for her new documentary.
The heartbreaking scenes will see the Strictly professional dancer emotional as she embarks on her treatment.
Amy, 32, was forced to withdraw from last year’s competition after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Taking a brave leap of faith, just six days after being diagnosed with the terrible disease, Amy signed on to star in a warts-and-all documentary with the BBC chronicling the uncertain battle ahead of her.
In a first look clip of the show, Amy can be seen breaking down in tears as she prepares for her first round up chemo.
The emotional scenes see Amy being comforted by NHS nurses as she cries: “I really don’t want to do this.”
Speaking over the footage, she added: “You feel like you have no control over anything, that the one thing I could fight for was my hair.”
The first look then sees the dancer wearing a ‘cold cap’ – a medical device used to try and save her hair follicles during the treatment.
“The cold cap was a chance to try and keep my hair, a way of hanging on to the old me.”
However, Amy explains that by the time of her second round of chemo that cap ‘started to get tough’.
“The cold cap has started to get a lot more painful, it’s started to give me a constant headache and pain behind my eyes this time, which has made me feel a bit sick,” Amy explains.
Amy is making a full-time return to the Strictly this year after confirming in February that a new check-up revealed there was “no evidence” of the disease being present.
Strictly Amy: Cancer And Me airs Monday 26th August on BBC iPlayer.
Strictly Amy's cancer 'nightmare'
The Sun's Jamie Downham takes a look at the beloved Strictly star's ups and downs...
AS Strictly Come Dancing viewers know, you’ll struggle to catch Amy Dowden without a huge smile on her face.
But recently the Welsh star – one the best-rated Ballroom and Latin American professional dancers the UK has ever produced – has suffered a string of “nightmare” blows to her health.
She was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in May last year and underwent a full mastectomy, before having chemotherapy towards the end of 2023.
However, she later reported docs had found a clot on her lung, telling fans sadly: “Unfortunately I’ve had another nightmare this week.”
Nonetheless, brave Amy, seen here dancing with James Bye, made an epic return to Strictly the following month with an appearance that left many viewers in floods tears.
As 2024 dawned, she admitted: “I feel I was robbed of the year I had planned and reflecting for me makes me upset and angry.”
However, she was soon smiling again. Amy, her hair starting to grow back after her cancer treatment, was seen messing around with her co-stars Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola on the Strictly tour earlier this month.
And despite another spell in hospital in February, she still mustered a cheeriness many would struggle for, telling fans: “The sun is shining – and I certainly can’t wait for Spring.”
And we certainly can’t wait to see you dancing again, Amy…