Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has been surrounded with love following her early departure from the BBC show.
After her backstage collapse over Halloween, Amy was forced to pull out of the remainder of the 2024 series due to injury. And, earlier this week, she revealed that she’s suffered a “stress fracture” on her shin that she needs to rest for the next couple of weeks.
Now, Nolan Sisters singer Linda, who is living with incurable cancer, has sent her love to Amy. And, she’s sadly revealed, that following a cancer diagnosis, life for Amy will never be the same again.
Linda Nolan’s support for Strictly pro Amy Dowden
Writing in her Daily Mirror column, Linda wrote: “Sometimes, only a good cry will do. Life sucks and cancer sucks. I say this because of how heartbreaking it was to see Amy stand in tears among the cheering and clapping on Claudia [Winkleman]’s balcony during Saturday night’s show. Her cancer diagnosis stole Strictly from her last year, and now it’s been stolen again.
You want to be back to the old you again, but physically, and more lastingly, emotionally, you’re never going to be that ‘you’ again.
“Cancer and chemo do this to your body. It weakens bones – and the rest. Just when you think you’re finding yourself again, you’re reminded recovery is long. You want to be back to the old you again, but physically, and more lastingly, emotionally, you’re never going to be that ‘you’ again. Life can be good again, but it’s never going to be the same. But some things change for the better. The empathy you learn, and the ability to appreciate the smallest joys – that’s new, and I wouldn’t be without it,” Linda added.
Amy has said that her injury is unrelated to her cancer, and that it could’ve “happened to anyone”.
Linda’s surprise ‘morale boost’ during a ‘difficult’ week
Linda went on to offer a health update of her own. She shared that she’s had a “pretty difficult” week.
After a fall last week she said she was still recovering from her black eye. She shared that she is also “getting used to her bald head” and revealed that she’s been “going into hospital for more bloods and scans”. She also revealed that she’s lost one of her new teeth.
However, Linda also said that her “dark Nolan humour” did shine through – on Halloween, in fact.
She shared: “I know it doesn’t sound much like a morale boost, but some of the tiny kids who came round trick or treating laughed at me! They thought all this was a costume! It was hilarious. Denise [Linda’s sister] and I were in fits.”
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