Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian rushed to hospital after heartbreaking cancer diagnosis
ALI Bastian was rushed to hospital over the weekend amid her ongoing cancer battle.
The actress, 42, thanked her local A&E and revealed she is now back home recovering.
Sharing a selfie, Ali – who lives in West Cork – wrote: “Thank you so much to all at Cork University Hospital A&E for taking care of me this weekend.
“Back home now getting some fresh air and some rest.”
Five months ago Ali revealed that she had been diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.
The former Channel 4 star admitted that she was left in shock when medical professionals relayed the devastating news.
She initially consulted doctors after she found a lump when she was breastfeeding her daughter Isabella.
Doctors initially believed her lump could have been a blocked duct, but prescribed antibiotics failed to stop the soreness.
Ali, who is well loved for playing Becca Dean, had tests conducted at a specialist clinic which revealed she had cancer.
Reflecting on the news, she previously confessed to OK! magazine: “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.”
The diagnosis has upended Ali’s idyllic life with husband David O’Mahony, 42, a writer, director and actor, and their two little girls, Izzy and elder sister Isla, four.
The former soap sensation is currently undergoing weekly chemotherapy sessions.
She’s also set to undergo a mastectomy and radiotherapy treatment early next year in order to fight back against the disease.
After that, she plans to have the second breast removed as a preventive measure and then undergo reconstructive surgery on both.
It is a decision she still grapples with. “At the beginning, I thought, ‘I’m going to have a big Rocky tattoo over it!’. Wouldn’t that surprise people, if I got a massive sleeve across where my boobs had been?
“Maybe I will do that — never say never. But now I’ve had space to process the mastectomy is going to happen, I’d like the reconstruction.
“I haven’t had my appointment with the plastics team yet, and I know plenty of women stay flat and bear their scars as a mark of what they’ve been through.
“But when I think of myself in the future, I imagine myself with a body that looks familiar. Even with clothes on, I’d like my silhouette to look close to what it did before.”