Sarah Ferguson wakes up in the middle of the night in a panic that her cancer has spread
05.11.2023 - 19:23
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The Duchess of York made her debut appearance on Loose Women where she urged other women to not miss their mammogram screenings.
The mum-of-two told viewers: "I really want to shout about this. Don't skip your screening appointment, because I would not be sitting here if I had not gone."
Sarah Ferguson opened up about her own personal experience with breast cancer which was found during a routine mammogram that she almost missed.
The 64-year-old underwent an eight-hour single mastectomy operation and reconstruction earlier this year, OK! reports.
Opening about her initial fears to the show's hosts, she admitted that she was scared she wouldn't get to see her grandchildren grow up.
She said: "You look it up and it's all so terrifying and this is what's going to happen, and then 'I'm not going to see my grandchildren grow up'. That's what goes through your head."
During her visit, Fergie was dressed in a long, pink leather-style coat and was given her own personalised Loose Women mug.
Christine Lampard said to her: "Duchess, Sarah. You are official now because you have a mug."
Sarah replied with a joke: "I am very pleased. I quite enjoy being a Loose Woman".
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Whilst sharing her cancer story, she explained that she had no symptoms at all and almost didn't go for her mammogram until her sister persuaded her.
She said she was relieved to discover that her cancer had fortunately not spread to her lymph nodes.
She explained: "Mine wasn't a lump. I had a shadow. It was like a splat ... Mine was lots of peas ... It's quite extraordinary.
"Eighteen months before, it wasn't there so it had come on from the last mammogram to