Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor has told Good Morning Britain viewers she is "good" after receiving a clear mammogram result, adding "onwards and upwards." The update comes 17 years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 46.
Clear Mammogram Result
Speaking to presenters Ranvir Singh and Richard Madeley, the ITV star confirmed her recent health check went well. Asked by Richard how she was doing, Sally replied: "Yeah, I'm good. I had a mammogram a couple of weeks ago and all clear." She added positively, "So, onwards and upwards."
Sally was diagnosed with the disease in 2009, at the same time her on-screen character on the soap was going through breast cancer.
Recalling the Diagnosis
During the interview, the actress opened up about the moment she received her diagnosis, which left her fainting. She revealed that after filming scenes with Michael Le Vell, in which her character told her on-screen husband about her cancer diagnosis, she informed him she was heading to see her consultant, having discovered a lump.
Despite this, she initially brushed off any concerns, telling him: "I've got a lump, it's tiny, it's nothing, and I'm going to have a meeting with Lester (Barr) at the end of the day."
Following the filming, she met her real-life husband, Tim, at the hospital, where her consultant delivered the news that her biopsy had confirmed she had breast cancer. Sally continued: "The next thing I knew, I fainted. I was on the floor. I woke up on a bed. I looked at him, my husband was there, and I said, 'I think you're mixing me up with my character'. He said, 'No, I'm not'. I had little children, it was 17 years ago, so it was a while ago."
At the time, her eldest daughter, Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Daphne in Bridgerton, was nine years old, while her other children were seven and five. In 2010, Sally was given the all clear following surgery, a lumpectomy and a course of chemotherapy.
National Breast Imaging Academy
Sally featured on Good Morning Britain to discuss the new National Breast Imaging Academy in Manchester. Ranvir told viewers that it will train approximately 50 specialists annually who will subsequently work throughout the NHS.
Ranvir said: "It's so significant as it will increase local screening capacity by up to an astonishing 13,000 appointments a year. The wonderful actress Sally Dynevor, herself, as I'm sure you know, a breast cancer survivor, was one of the first to get a tour of the academy building, which opens its doors today."
Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
