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Privacy Notice Deidre Sanders, the agony aunt on the ITV daytime show This Morning has announced her breast cancer has returned saying she was “shocked and wasn’t expecting it.” The star first announced she had been diagnosed in September 2022, in a conversation with former hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. At the time, she told them: “I think people panic at the word cancer often, and they can be scared of even going to a doctor with their initial worry because they’re terrified of getting a diagnosis, even though getting the diagnosis is what leads to treatment. We can be so scared about that word so I am really happy to bring it out into the open.”
Deidre announced her breast cancer has returned
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On Tuesday’s episode, the agony aunt sat down with Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley to reveal her breast cancer has now returned, revealing she has an annual mammogram due to her previous diagnosis. “Unfortunately, I’ve got to have a lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy. I feel lucky, it’s been caught early and the treatment is happening very rapidly,” she said announcing she will be having surgery this month. When asked by Ben if she had any symptoms when she first went for her mammogram, the agony aunt said she hadn’t, and wasn’t feeling rundown or tired. “If I did a self check, I couldn’t feel anything because it was too small to feel,” she said, confirming her diagnosis was purely down to the mammogram.
Deidre urged viewers to get checked
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Cat then asked Deidre what went through her mind when she was diagnosed a second time, as she explained: “I was just so taken aback, I wasn’t expecting it at all.” The agony aunt then went on to urge women over 70 to request their mammogram. “My big point about this is that on the NHS system, I’m not criticising it, the call for mammograms stop when you are 70,” she said, explaining she was in a cohort of women who had been missed. “I hadn’t had a mammogram since I was 67, so ten years had gone by. I didn’t give it a thought. I didn’t know anything about it. But what I do now know is that when you’re over 70, you can request a mammogram on the NHS and you should get one every year,” she said before urging women to get checked. “The reason I’ve had an easy time this time and last time is because it was caught so early,” she concluded, before expressing how grateful she was to have her family and her loved ones for their support.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnThis Morning
