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Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational Amy Dowden has stressed that the crushed she volition not beryllium returning to the bid this twelvemonth has "nothing to bash with immoderate erstwhile wellness scares".
Two weeks agone Dowden was taken to infirmary arsenic a "precaution" aft she began "feeling unwell".
On Wednesday, she told Strictly spin-off amusement It Takes Two that she has a "insufficiency accent fracture, if I've said that right, connected my shin".
Dowden, 34, returned to competing successful the BBC amusement for its 20th day bid aft missing retired past twelvemonth portion undergoing attraction for bosom cancer.
She said she was "absolutely gutted" to beryllium pulling retired of this season's shows, but was told she needed "to remainder for a mates of weeks".
In a tearful interrogation with presenter Janette Manrara, Dowden added that she was "heartbroken" astir the decision.
"Being backmost with the Strictly household was the champion rehab."
She said she hoped she would beryllium "back dancing successful immoderate capacity, possibly successful a radical number, by the extremity of the series".
Fellow pro Lauren Oakley volition instrumentality her place, pairing up with Dowden's personage partner, JLS vocalist JB Gill.
Oakley stood successful for Dowden past Saturday, with the brace performing a Bruno Mars medley and scoring 39 points.
Dowden said Gill was "so talented, similar helium picks up the regular truthful fast, it's unbelievable".
"But, astir importantly, helium conscionable loves to dance.
"He's enjoying his magical, Strictly journey, and honestly, I can't hold to ticker them conscionable continue, successful JB's words, he'd accidental - 'That's dope'."
On Instagram, Gill praised Dowden for her "fight and determination" and said helium had "nothing but admiration" for her.
Dowden was initially diagnosed with signifier 3 bosom crab aged 32 successful May 2023, aft uncovering a lump successful her bosom the time earlier she went connected her honeymoon.
The now-34-year-old was diagnosed again aboriginal that aforesaid year. She returned to infirmary successful August 2024 for further tests, arsenic doctors were acrophobic astir abnormalities successful her bosom aft a check-up. She was aboriginal fixed the all-clear.
Dowden opened up astir her ordeal with bosom crab successful a BBC documentary, Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, which was broadcast successful September.
She besides has Crohn's illness - a lifelong information which causes parts of the digestive strategy to go inflamed - and has antecedently spoken astir its toll connected her health.
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