Sally Whittaker, who plays Sally Webster on Coronation Street, has spoken today about her real-life battle with breast cancer.Sally reveals that she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time as her on-screen Corrie character was diagnosed in the storyline. It's heartbreaking stuff and Sally Whittaker is applauded for her bravery and honesty in speaking out about this as it will surely help other women deal with the disease too.
There's an exclusive interview with Sally in Hello! magazine (some of which appears online) and the news is also on the ITV Corrie site.
Sally said: “If I had not been researching this storyline I may not have discovered the lump in my breast and had it looked at so quickly. As a result of the early diagnosis my treatment has been successful and I am able to return to work next month. This storyline could very well have saved my life."
Sally says she is now looking forward to returning to work on Corrie and she will be supporting breast cancer charity The Genesis Campaign and The Christie Hospital in Manchester.
Here at the Coronation Street blog, we all send Sally Whittaker our very best wishes.
Also read on the bbc site covering it that she's going to start using her married name of Dynevor instead of Whittaker.
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All the best to Sally. It will be good to see her back on screen
So that's why she's been off our screens. Hope for the best.
ReplyDeleteTalk about life imitating art, what a sad and horrible co-incidence, Sally still looks fantastic even with her short short hair. Wishing her a very speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteHorribly sad. I wish her all the best. Looking forward to interfering Sal being back on t'cobbles.
ReplyDeleteBreast cancer has become a kind of disease which needs constant attention and awareness. Cancer has already affected millions of people in different forms.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I dislike her character - I think she has aged very gracefully! She is a very pretty lady.
ReplyDeleteI wish all the very best of health.
Breast cancer is something that we have to constantly be on the lookout for. It afflicts over a million people a year and there are different forms of cancer that come up. Every year we are familiar with breast cancer awareness month, but there are ways to help fight the cause of breast cancer all year ‘round.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that many people fail to understand is that anyone can have breast cancer. It does not mean that you will not get breast cancer if there are no occurrence of it in your family history.
ReplyDeleteThere's an exclusive interview with Sally in Hello! magazine (some of which appears online) and the news is also on the ITV Corrie site.
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