EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison reveals womb cancer battle and shares why she kept her terrifying...

EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison has revealed her secret womb cancer battle in a candid new interview.

The actress, 58, who played Heather Trott in the BBC soap from 2007 until 2012, has kept her health problems private after getting the terrifying diagnosis nine years agoShe received her diagnosis after attending a regular smear test, which came back clear.She then went to see her GP and she was referred for tests and a biopsy at a local hospital in Kent.Cheryl has now told how hearing the doctor's diagnosis was like an 'out of body experience'.

Cheryl now lives with her husband of 12 years Yassine. She has a son Alex, 24, from her first marriage to Jamshed Saddiqi. She released a lengthy statement sharing that she was treated for an infection that left her in huge pain, but after six antibiotic drips, she was soon 'home and on the road to recovery.'

'Spending 24 hours in A&E was more than an eye opening experience. The pure abuse and overrun conditions that our health workers have to endure was painful to watch. Just before she had said in a clip: 'Hi everyone, I've just spent the last 24 hours in A&E at Blackpool Victoria hospital. I've seen things in the last 24 hours I can't unsee. I've been in complete agony.

Cheryl's followers flooded the comments section with well wishes and supportive messages for the soap star. Cheryl came to fame playing loveable Heather Trott on EastEnders for five years, before being viciously killed by Ben Mitchell in 2012.

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