Amy Dowden returns to her old school to give ‘inspirational’ speech after breast cancer diagnosis

Strictly’s Amy Dowden returned to her outdated college in Birmingham on Tuesday to deliver an ‘inspirational speech’.

Qualified ballroom dancer Amy, 32, confirmed her current breast cancer diagnosis in Might right after finding a lump even though preparing for her honeymoon with spouse Ben Jones in April.

And regardless of waiting around for results to decide what procedure she will require up coming, the star made time to journey to Hallfield college in the Midlands to discuss to pupils on their prize supplying working day.

Taking to Instagram, the faculty shared a image of Amy along with an psychological caption.

They wrote: ‘A truly inspiring speech from Amy Dowden for our pupils right now. 

‘A impressive story of perseverance, tricky work and selflessness, although overcoming adversity to get to the top of her job. 

‘Thank you Amy, you seriously are a superstar!’

In the meantime, a fellow guardian wrote: ‘She gave these an wonderful and inspirational speech for Hallfield’s Prize-offering working day at The Excellent Hall, University of Birmingham .

‘A fantastic job model in educating our girls to by no means give up your dreams and to generally desire large.

‘”DONT BE BITTER, BE Improved!”

‘Thank you Amy Dowden, I hope you get via the subsequent battle your going through.’

It will come after Amy discovered she is decided to return to Strictly Occur Dancing this 12 months, despite her latest analysis.   

Amy, who just lately underwent a single mastectomy, is waiting around for outcomes to discover whether or not she will require radiotherapy or radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy.

She explained to The Mirror: ‘If I only have radiotherapy I am going to be again on Strictly this year. When radiotherapy is carried out there’ll be almost nothing to stop me, you will find no force but Strictly is leaving the door open. It is really obtaining a little something to perform towards’.

‘I’m visualising myself on that Strictly dance ground. Just being back in the ­ballroom with the live audience, the adrenalin and the ambiance. And the guidance from the total Strictly family’.

She then went on to clarify how routines could be altered to accommodate her, considerably like her 2020 parter JJ Chalmers. 

The Tv presenter and former royal marine hurt in a bomb blast in Afghanistan, and Amy revealed: ‘I made use of to choreograph with a single arm in my pocket for him. He’s been a wonderful support, he claims, “Most cancers has messed with the wrong man or woman”. 

Amy has come to be a admirer favorite given that her 1st physical appearance on the display in 2017 and has teamed up with stars which include Brian Conely, Tom Fletcher and Karim Zeroual.  

In other places in the interview Amy opened up about how she was still left in tears and stressing the condition was ‘spreading inside’ ahead of her mastectomy.

Surgeons taken off two tumours from her proper breast as perfectly as most cancers ‘specs’ and lymph nodes, which have since been despatched for evaluation.

Amy went on to inform the publication she hadn’t yet looked at her reconstructed breast out of concern of ‘upsetting’ herself. 

According to the NHS a mastectomy is an operation to remove a breast. It is really utilized to treat breast most cancers in ladies and breast most cancers in gentlemen. The procedure typically involves eliminating most of the breast tissue and skin, and the nipple.

It will come just after Amy  credited her Strictly Come Dancing colleagues for their outstanding guidance immediately after informing them of her breast cancer diagnosis throughout a team meeting. 

Spouse Ben, who exchanged vows with the dancer in South Wales final July, also credited spouse and children users for supporting them keep a favourable outlook. 

He told Good day : ‘Amy has had a great deal to deal with in her everyday living and, as I predicted, has demonstrated wonderful resilience in the previous pair of weeks.

‘We are both of those surrounded by plenty of family and friends who are going to be an vital guidance to us in the coming months. We are both of those staying pretty optimistic and stay optimistic moving forward.’

The Strictly Occur Dancing expert shared her diagnosis on Instagram in Could and discussed the chance of returning to the BBC clearly show for its new series later this yr.

She wrote: ‘Hey all, I have bought some information which isn’t simple to share. I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer but I’m identified to get again on that dance flooring prior to you know it. Welsh really like Amy.’

The dancer has battled intestine problem Crohn’s sickness given that she was a little one and explained she has now been via ‘quite a lot’ in her lifetime with well being struggles.

She told Hi at the time: ‘You just do not ever imagine it is really going to transpire to you. I hadn’t thought it was probable to get breast cancer at my age. My mum has experienced breast most cancers, but she experienced it at a later on age, in her 50s.’

Amy explained it was using portion in the CoppaTrek! stroll final June in support of breast health and fitness recognition charity CoppaFeel! that led her to explore her personal most cancers.

She realised that she won’t ‘check her breasts’ and then made a acutely aware effort and hard work to check out herself, saying CoppaFeel! has ‘potentially saved her life’.

‘I you should not know how long this lump could have been there before I would have noticed and performed a little something about it,’ she extra.

Amy claimed she uncovered a lump in her suitable breast in April, a day just before she and her spouse flew to the Maldives for a belated honeymoon immediately after their wedding ceremony last July.

The dancer mentioned she was ‘in shock’ and resolved to continue to keep an eye on the lump, right before likely to the medical doctor when the lump grew on her return house.

She was instantly despatched for an crisis referral, wherever she was explained to the lump seemed ‘suspicious’ and to ‘prepare for the worst’.

Soon after a biopsy, Amy was informed she experienced grade a few breast most cancers, expressing her very first concern was when she could get back again on the dance floor.

Grade a few cancer is when the cells look extremely different to typical breast cells and have a tendency to spread more swiftly. The grade describes how a cancer mobile appears underneath a microscope.

It is different to a cancer phase, which describes the dimension of the most cancers and how significantly it has unfold. Amy is nevertheless to obtain out what phase of cancer she has.

Amy stated her cancer has been caught ‘early’ and she is now ready for a lot more information and facts ahead of she is specified a entire procedure strategy, which will include surgical procedures.