![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/sarah-beeny-kept-cancer-diagnosis-from-family-while-handling-it-alone-first/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_EHP_CHP_081122Loose-Women_74676.jpg&description=Sarah Beeny has told how she kept her cancer diagnosis from her husband and kids because she 'needed to handle it in [her] own head before telling them'. The entrepreneur, 50 - who is known for fronting property development shows like Property Ladder - announced in August that she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer. The presenter - who began chemotherapy a few months ago - cut off some of her hair prior to treatment and has since embraced going bald. The telly favourite appeared on Loose Women to discuss her diagnoses with the panel. She told how she had received her diagnosis 40 years after she lost her mum to the same disease when she was 10 years old and her mum just 39. Sarah Beeny said she kept her cancer diagnosis from her husband and kids while 'handling it in her own head first' Sarah heartbreakingly told the ITV show: 'I've waited my whole life for this diagnosis. I always expected it.' She got regular checks all through her 20s and paid after the scheme shut down to have regular checks privately. She told how she had recently had her standard age 50 mammogram but went back for another check after finding a lump. 'I hit 50 and I was diagnosed and was like 'oh, here it is'. It was waiting for me,' Sarah said, telling how her mum's diagnosis and death had haunted her since childhood and she'd always just 'assumed' she'd get it. 'Trust your own body, go back again if you have a lump,' she advised viewers and the audience. The property developer told how she went to her diagnosis appointment alone and waiting before telling her family. The telly favourite appeared on Loose Women to discuss her diagnoses with the panel The mum-of-four said: 'I needed to handle it in my own head before telling them.' Sarah recently spoke about having shaved her head after being diagnosed with cancer, saying that she now wants to challenge shame that's associated with baldness. Sarah recently told how she's keen to "change [the] stereotype" around baldness, saying people can feel){kind=link}
The entrepreneur, 50 – who is known for fronting property development shows like Property Ladder – announced in August that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer
Sarah Beeny has told how she kept her cancer diagnosis from her husband and kids because she “needed to handle it in [her] own head before telling them”.
The entrepreneur, 50 – who is known for fronting property development shows like Property Ladder – announced in August that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer.
The presenter – who began chemotherapy a few months ago – cut off some of her hair prior to treatment and has since embraced going bald.
The telly favourite appeared on Loose Women to discuss her diagnoses with the panel.