Amy Dowden reveals big challenge she faces as Strictly dancer as she discusses early menopause after backstage collapse

AMY Dowden has spoken retired astir experiencing aboriginal menopause arsenic a effect of her crab treatment, and the difficulties it causes connected Strictly arsenic a result. 

The 34-year-old Welsh dancer, who completed bosom crab attraction earlier this year, near fans frightened for her wellbeing aft collapsing backstage connected Strictly past week. 

In a caller video, Amy was seen lounging connected her sofa successful a cuddly jumper with a cupful of beverage arsenic she opened up connected her menopausal symptoms. 

Explaining that her benignant of crab was hormone fed, Amy admitted having to spell into a medically-induced menopause was “one of the biggest shocks” of her treatment. 

Since past she has experienced a database of symptoms including blistery flushes, struggling to sleep, and debased vigor – which is peculiarly troublesome erstwhile moving connected a amusement similar Strictly. 

“This was a immense shock. I was successful a spot of denial, and I had nary thought astir the menopause,” she told the camera. 

“It's thing I wasn't disquieted about, I hadn't adjacent thought about, and I thought I had years up of maine earlier I went into menopause. 

“It's been tough, and the signs and symptoms haven't been easy.” 

When talking astir the hardest symptoms to woody with, she said: “For me, the deficiency of sleep, due to the fact that of the blistery flushes and nighttime sweats and trouble getting to sleep, particularly when, you know, I've got a precise progressive job, precise carnal job, and past you truly request to slumber and your assemblage to beryllium capable to recover. 

“And yeah, menopause doesn't assistance astatine each with this.”

The prima said she recovered solace successful speaking to others going done the aforesaid thing, and told viewers: “My proposal would beryllium to persevere. Obviously, you benignant of don't person immoderate choice, but astatine the aforesaid time, your assemblage does adjust, oregon adjacent not lone that, you adjust. 

“I deliberation you commencement to get utilized to it and not to beryllium scared, to speech to others, not to consciousness alone. I deliberation that truly helps to talk to others and to get proposal connected what works for them and to evidently ever question aesculapian advice.” 

Amy’s caller video came successful collaboration with Boots and Macmillan Cancer arsenic portion of menopause consciousness month. 

She wrote successful the caption she “hoped to amusement that you’re not unsocial and reflecting connected my ain experience” and added: “If you, oregon anyone you know, is needing enactment spell to Boots’ Online Health Hub oregon successful store and talk to their Information Pharmacists who tin connection escaped assistance and advice.” 

Amy has antecedently spoken astir her medically-induced menopause, revealing connected her BBC documentary, Strictly Amy: Cancer And Me, that she had frozen her eggs successful the anticipation that she and husband, dancer Ben Jones, could person children successful the future. 

She told cameras:”Your eggs, your ovaries, everything tin beryllium damaged and not needfully reboot again. 

“Since we got married, the question we’re asked the astir is, ‘When are you going to person kids?’ and my assemblage can’t spell done that close now.”

“You nutrient truthful galore hormones erstwhile you’re pregnant, I’d beryllium astatine specified a precocious hazard of my crab returning,” she explained. 

“Of people we privation children, but we inactive don’t know. There are truthful galore options, which we’re grateful for.”

When Amy collapsed backstage past week, Lauren Oakley was drafted successful to execute with JB Gill to springiness her clip to recover.

JB and Lauren performed a medley to Bruno Mars during Icons Week, and were sent done to adjacent week.

Amy was lasting arrogant alongside her chap nonrecreational dancers, and appeared affectional connected surface arsenic her co-stars rallied astir her.