With former co-host Carol McGiffin recovering from her battle with breast cancer, it would be understandable that the rest of the Loose Women team will be far more cautious about cancer checks from now on.
But Sherrie Hewson has revealed that she put off visiting the doctor after she found a lump in her breast.
She then went on to appear on Celebrity Big Brother before getting check out.
The 65 -yeat-old told the Sunday People: “I did something very stupid and dangerous and I want to say, "Please, don't follow me. Go to the doctor without hesitation. Let somebody examine you.
“It's so frightening and I was terrified but you can't put your head in the sand. Learn a lesson from me and tell somebody,”
Sherrie regrets putting her Celebrity Big Brother salary ahead of her health concerns, adding: “It has been a terrifying time and although nobody knew, I never stopped thinking about my scare in the house, even though I was too scared to talk about it,
“I figured that if I did have cancer, I wouldn't be able to work and look after my family, so I took the risk.”
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