Danniella Westbrook endured terrifying breast cancer scare seven years before heartbreaking womb cancer diagnosis
DANNIELLA Westbrook suffered a terrifying breast cancer scare seven years before she was diagnosed with womb cancer.
The actress, 44, was worried that she had breast cancer after finding lumps in her chest on Christmas Day back in 2011.
Daniella, who yesterday revealed she had womb cancer, told Daybreak hosts Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway in 2012: “I had a rupture of my implant five years ago and I thought it was that again - I didn’t think about breast cancer or anything like that.
“But when I saw the doctor at my local hospital he said it wasn’t an implant problem and he actually found other lumps that I didn’t even know I had.
“He said the worst it could be is breast cancer and I need you to go for a scan now.
“I was 15 when my mum got cancer and thankfully she lived on and has had a very healthy life."
She continued: “But I remembered what we went through as a family and what my mum went through and I thought I don’t want to put my kids through that.”
While the former EastEnders actress got the all-clear seven years ago, she was recently diagnosed with womb cancer.
In an emotional interview, the former EastEnders actress said she when she received the diagnosis she was was terrified she would die like her good friend Jade Goody, who passed away from cervical cancer in 2009.
However after coming to terms with the news, Danniella said she is focusing on her two children, Kai, 21, and 16-year-old Jody, and vowed to fight the disease for them.
She told : “I’ve always said I am not scared of dying. But when the doctor said, ‘You have cancer’, straight away my thoughts turned to Jade and that I don’t want to die.”
Danniella also opened up about relapsing on drugs after the meeting with her doctor but she says she's now determined to stay sober.
She added: “Getting this diagnosis has made me realise I don’t want to die. I want to live and sort out my health. I know I have to fight, I know I have to get up and battle it.”
In the heart-wrenching interview, Danniella revealed her family have a history of womb cancer, with her mum being diagnosed when the actress was just 15-years-old.
Next month she will undergo a hysterectomy and is anxiously waiting to find out if the cancer has spread.
Dan let her hair down with friends after the relapse with a night out at the UK Glamour awards in London and wore a plunging red dress.
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