Dianne Buswell has shared a heartfelt health update on her father Mark, revealing he has started his first round of chemotherapy treatment.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 34, posted a picture of Mark waving while lying in his hospital bed in Australia.
She voiced her pride for her dad and cheered him on with a loving message, writing: ‘i’m so proud of you dad ❤️ first round of chemotherapy today!
‘i wish i could be there to hold your hand and support you in person ❤️ but i do know that i’m making you so proud over here in my concert every week!
‘The Australian nurses and drs are now very aware of strictly come dancing as my dad won’t stop talking about it. you can do this daddy xxx’.
Supportive: Dianne Buswell has shared a heartfelt health update on her father Mark, revealing he has started his first round of chemotherapy treatment
Treatment: The Strictly Come Dancing star, 34, posted a picture of Mark waving while lying in his hospital bed in Australia
Proud daughter: She voiced her pride for her dad and cheered him on with a loving message, writing: ‘i’m so proud of you dad ❤️ first round of chemotherapy today!’
The professional dancer was inundated with supportive comments from her friends and followers.
Her boyfriend Joe Sugg and his sister Zoella both commented with a string of heart emojis.
While Dianne’s best friend and fellow Strictly star Amy Dowden wrote: ‘Sending all my love to whole Buswell family!
‘Mark you got this and soon it’s going to be a distant memory! Roll on 2024 where you will be watching Dianne live in concerts. Thinking of you’.
Amy, 33, has just completed her own chemotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May.
She beamed for photos with doctors and nurses at the Sheldon Unit as she rang the traditional end of treatment bell to celebrate and admitted the ‘relief is like no other’.
Dianne revealed that her father was unwell last month, in an emotional Q&A video on her YouTube channel.
Addressing her fans, she said: ‘I thought I would be very upfront and honest with you all.
Sending love: The professional dancer was inundated with supportive comments with her boyfriend Joe Sugg and his sister Zoella both posting a string of heart emojis
BFF: While Dianne’s best friend and fellow Strictly star Amy Dowden wrote: ‘Sending all my love to whole Buswell family!’
‘Last week I got some news about my dad’s health and I won’t go into detail, but obviously that affected me.
‘Being away from home and not being able to support and help your family in a time of need is quite a difficult thing so I did struggle a little bit last week in terms of that.’
While Dianne’s family had plans to head to the UK for Christmas and watch her on Strictly, she said that wouldn’t be happening now.
She told how instead she is planning to go home to Australia at the end of the year.
Dianne continued: ‘There is a little road ahead for my dad but I believe 100% he is going to be fine and we are all going to get through it together.’
She then asked fans to give her dad ‘a little thought or prayer’, which she would ‘greatly appreciate’.
The emotional star went on: ‘My dad is the sweetest, kindest man you will ever meet and the one thing he really wants is for me to keep going and to keep dancing my little heart out and doing what I love because that makes him the absolute proudest.
‘Regardless if I go home with a glitterball or not I will still go home and have a hot Christmas.’
Candid: Dianne revealed that her father was unwell last month, in an emotional Q&A video on her YouTube channel
