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Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has recalled suffering a terrifying near-death experience during her ongoing treatment for cancer.<\/p>\n
The pro dancer, 33, revealed earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with stage 3\u00a0breast cancer.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s since undergone a single mastectomy and is now having chemotherapy after\u00a0doctors sadly found more tumours,\u00a0which has also forced her out of Strictly 2023.<\/p>\n
Amy has been keeping her fans updated on social media, including a recent clip of her bravely shaving her head after suffering from devastating hair loss.<\/p>\n
In a new interview, Amy has now revealed she came close to dying during her chemotherapy treatment, saying: \u2018After both my first cycles I developed the life-threatening side-effects that can come with chemo, so I had it all in the first month.\u2019<\/p>\n
She continued: \u2018I had a temperature and didn\u2019t realise the severity of having a temperature.<\/p>\n
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\u2018I stood up, collapsed, Mum rang the emergency number and they said \u201cphone an ambulance immediately\u201d. From there everything got very serious.\u2019<\/p>\n
Amy went on to The Mirror: \u2018I remember going into hospital and them telling me I had an infection, but the following day it got very bad, I was unresponsive to antibiotics for hours.<\/p>\n
\u2018My last memory is a load of doctors around me in the early hours of Sunday morning. On Monday a nurse explained I had gone into septic shock.<\/p>\n
\u2018They said my\u00a0blood pressure\u00a0was that low my vital organs would have started failing.\u2019<\/p>\n
Amy, who is unable to recall much from the time she spent in intensive care, continued to explain that she had a low heart rate and \u2018severely\u2019 low blood pressure, while her infection markers were at \u2018dangerous levels\u2019.<\/p>\n
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After trying to be treated with three different kinds of antibiotics, Amy finally responded to the third type.<\/p>\n
She was later told that if she had gone to bed that night instead of being rushed to hospital, she may not have woken up the next morning.<\/p>\n
Amy has previously spoken about suffering from sepsis, saying: \u2018I didn\u2019t want to go into hospital; at the time I didn\u2019t realise how ill I was.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018The doctors and nurses were telling me I had sepsis and that it was life-threatening, but I wasn\u2019t taking it in,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n
In a recent update on social media, Amy celebrated being through the halfway mark of her chemotherapy as she prepared for round 5.<\/p>\n
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She later marked an emotional return to Strictly Come Dancing for a special performance, as she thanked her co-stars for their ongoing support.<\/p>\n
She wrote: \u2018I\u2019m so lucky to be surrounded by so much support which I don\u2019t take for granted and days like here is what keeps me going.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m dreaming every night of dancing on that floor again but right now I\u2019m my fellow pro\u2019s proudest and biggest cheerleader.\u2019<\/p>\n