Sarah Beeny shared a positive message as she was brimming with support from celebrities, including Victoria Derbyshire, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The 50-year-old TV presenter and real estate professional was diagnosed three weeks ago and has already had her first chemotherapy appointment.
Sarah took to Twitter on Wednesday to respond to messages of support from celebrity fans and friends, and also shared a refreshing message.
‘Empowered’: Sarah Beeny (pictured with her children Billy, 18, Charlie, 16, Rafferty, 14 and Laurie, 12) shared a positive message after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Responding to well wishes from a fan, Sarah said “there’s no way things will go wrong” and said she felt “empowered” from all the support.
He wrote: ‘Thank you for your sweet message – with so many sweet messages there’s no way everything will go wrong!! xxx.’
In response to a tweet from Brain Tumor Research, he added: “Thank you so much – I feel so empowered with so much support – you are amazing xxxx”
His positive words came after celebrity fans and friends quickly sent him messages of “power” and “love” following his diagnosis.
Support: His positive words came after celebrity fans and friends, including Victoria Derbyshire (pictured in 2018), sent out quick messages of “strength”.
Victoria Derbyshire, who was diagnosed with breast cancer before undergoing a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in 2015, sent a message to Sarah and her family.
After 301 days of treatment, including six chemotherapy sessions and 30 radiation therapy sessions, Victoria recovered with an 11% chance of her cancer returning.
Victoria wrote on Twitter: Hi Sarah, I wanted to send a lot of love and strength to you and all your boys/men.’
Sarah shares children Billy, 18, Charlie, 16, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with her husband, 19-year-old Graham Swift.
Meanwhile, comedian Janey Godley tweeted to Sarah: “I’m sending you so much strength and love.”
Candid: Responding to a fan’s requests, Sarah said she felt “empowered” by all the support, saying “there’s no way things will go wrong”.
And writer Julian Clary said, “I send you my best wishes and strength.”
Host Kirsty Gallacher said: “So much love for Sarah.”
Actor Shaun Dooley said, “I’m sorry to see what you’ve been through, man. Be strong Sarah, keep fighting and kicking!! I think of you and your family.
It comes after Sarah explains that she won’t tell her father about her breast cancer diagnosis if she confuses herself with her mother, who died of the disease.
His mother, whose father was Richard’s first wife, died of the disease when Sarah was only 10 years old.
Illness: The 50-year-old TV presenter and real estate professional was diagnosed three weeks ago and has already had her first appointment with chemotherapy.
Sarah admitted she didn’t want to confuse her by telling her father about her diagnosis because she was “forgetful” after suffering a stroke five years ago.
He told The Telegraph: ‘Sometimes he knows who I am, sometimes he doesn’t anymore.
“He knows his first wife died of breast cancer. He’s confusing a lot of things, and I’m afraid I’ll tell him and tell him everything will be okay, but he’ll remember that I had it, but not that I’d be better. He would have thought I was my mother.
Sara admitted that she always suspected she would contract the disease and that she “waited 40 years to hear those words” after her mother Ann died of cancer at the age of 39.
Sarah also explained that her mother’s death had affected her deeply and that her own illness had “opened a box of things” for a long time “swept under the rug”.
Heartbreaking: Sarah arrives after she announces she won’t tell her father about her breast cancer diagnosis if she confuses her father with her mother who died of the disease (pictured together on her wedding day in 2002)
Sarah shared that although she didn’t want to do “something important” by telling her children about the cancer news, she thought she didn’t tell her 19-year-old husband “because it didn’t feel real”.
Sarah previously spoke openly about losing her mother at a young age, telling the Daily Mail in 2020: “It’s hard for a child to think about death, but I was close to Diccon. [my brother] and my father, and go on.’
“The only good thing about losing when I’m this young will always be perfect for me.”
Sarah said she’s “one step ahead” of the disease by cutting her hair and donating it to a charity that provides free wigs to children with cancer, who will receive a mastectomy and radiation therapy in the new year.
Family: Property Ladder host shares four children Billy, 18, Charlie, 16, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with husband 19, Graham Swift.
TV star who hosts programs including charity! She was diagnosed after Sarah Beeny’s My House Is Falling Down and New Life In the Country found a lump that led to a biopsy.
He was told that the cancer had not spread and that he had an “80% chance of cure”.
The Macmillan Hotline is a free and confidential telephone service for people living with and suffering from cancer. Call 0808 808 00 00 for assistance
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, affecting more than two MILLION women each year.
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. There are more than 55,000 new cases in the UK each year, with the disease killing 11,500 women. It affects 266,000 people and kills 40,000 people in the United States each year. But what causes it and how can it be treated?
What is breast cancer?
Breast cancer develops from a cancerous cell that develops in the lining of a duct or lobule in one of the breasts.
When breast cancer has spread to the surrounding breast tissue, it is called “invasive” breast cancer. Some people are diagnosed with ‘carcinoma in situ’, where no cancer cells have grown beyond the duct or lobe.
Most cases develop in women over the age of 50, but younger women are sometimes affected. Although rare, breast cancer can develop in men.
Staging refers to how big the cancer is and whether it has spread. Stage 1 is the first stage and stage 4 indicates that the cancer has spread to another part of the body.
Cancer cells are classified from low meaning slow growth to high meaning rapid growth. High-grade cancers are more likely to recur after being treated for the first time.
What are the causes of breast cancer?
A cancerous tumor starts with an abnormal cell. The exact reason why a cell becomes cancerous is unclear. Something is thought to damage or change certain genes in the cell. This makes the cell abnormal and multiplies “out of control”.
While breast cancer can develop for no apparent reason, there are certain risk factors, such as genetics, that can increase the likelihood of developing breast cancer.
What are the symptoms of breast cancer?
The usual first symptom is a painless breast mass, but most breast lumps are noncancerous and are fluid-filled cysts that are benign.
Breast cancer usually first spreads to the lymph nodes in the armpit. If this happens, you will develop a swelling or lump in your armpit.
How is breast cancer diagnosed?
- Initial assessment: A doctor will examine the breasts and armpits. They may perform tests such as a mammogram, which is a special X-ray of the breast tissue that can show the possibility of a tumor.
- Biopsy: A biopsy is the removal of a small piece of tissue from a part of the body. The sample is then examined under a microscope for abnormal cells. The sample can confirm or rule out cancer.
If breast cancer is diagnosed, further testing may be needed to see if it has spread. For example, blood tests, liver ultrasound or chest X-ray.
How is breast cancer treated?
Treatment options that may be considered include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormone therapy. A combination of two or more of these treatments is often used.
- Surgery: Conservative surgery or removal of the affected breast, depending on the size of the tumor.
- Radiation therapy: A treatment that uses high-energy radiation beams aimed at cancerous tissue. This kills cancer cells or stops cancer cells from multiplying. It is mainly used in addition to surgery.
- Chemotherapy: cancer treatment that uses anticancer drugs that kill cancer cells or prevent them from multiplying
- Hormone therapies: Some types of breast cancer are affected by the ‘female’ hormone estrogen, which can stimulate cancer cells to divide and multiply. Treatments that lower the levels of these hormones or stop them from working are commonly used in people with breast cancer.
How effective is the treatment?
The outlook is better for those diagnosed while the cancer is still small and has not spread. Surgical removal of a tumor at an early stage can therefore give a good chance of recovery.
Early stage breast cancers are diagnosed and treated with routine mammography applied to women aged 50-70 years.
For more information visit breastcancercare.org.uk, breastcancernow.org or www.cancerhelp.org.uk.
Source: Daily Mail
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