Faye Winter has candidly revealed that she ‘brushed’ her cancer scare ‘under the carpet’ when she first found a lump in her breast.
The former Love Island star, 28, who was given the ‘all-clear’ back in June, has candidly opened up about her cancer journey.
Faye discovered the lump in her breast when she was on a girls holiday and admitted that ‘it was one of them things’ she wanted to deal with when she was ready.
She told The Mirror: ‘When it happened back in March, I was on holiday with the girls, it was one of those things where it kind of happened.
‘I spoke about it and then I brushed it under the carpet and was like, “Ok I’ve had a big year, I wanna take time to heal and deal with what I wanna deal with”.’
Opening up: Faye Winter, 28, has candidly revealed that she ‘brushed’ her cancer scare ‘under the carpet’ when she first found a lump in her breast’
Awareness: The former Love Island star, who was given the ‘all-clear’ back in June, has candidly opened up about her cancer journey
Earlier this month, Faye took to her Instagram to share a snap of herself during a doctors visit.
Faye penned a lengthy post to urge followers to check themselves, in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Faye captioned her snap: ‘October is a month to spread awareness for breast cancer, words we hope that none of us will hear in our life time however 1 in 8 of us unfortunately will.
‘The words are frightening, devastating and you will feel completely over whelmed.’
‘The positive thoughts of ”it will be nothing” with the voice in the back of your head saying ‘what if’.
‘I was so lucky back in June to be given the all clear on a lump I had found a couple of months prior and so many will also be given good news but it doesn’t make those few weeks or months any easier.’
Faye proceeded to tell her followers that checking your breasts for lumps is essential.
‘Checking our breasts and pecks is essential. It’s okay to be nervous and scared but don’t put it off and don’t shy away because getting it checked is the first step to getting the all clear.’
Spreading awareness: Earlier this month, Faye took to her Instagram to share a snap of herself during a doctors visit
Helping: The former Love Island star took to her Instagram to share a snap of herself in the waiting room of a doctors office in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness: Faye reassured her followers that she was given the ‘all-clear’ back in June after getting the lump checked out
Scary: It comes after Faye sparked concern among her fans after revealing she found a lump in her breast back in June
She also revealed how she felt when the first image of herself in the waiting room was taken.
‘Here I was sat with my mum, hadn’t slept for days before going in for my scans thinking ‘what else could go wrong this year’ but yet putting in to perspective how small those issues were, on top of trying to put on a brave face.
‘I felt like everything was falling apart and I just needed some good news, I’m so lucky I had such amazing family, friends and Bonnie around me checking in and supporting me in such a strange time.’
And to conclude, the beauty also touched on how glad she was to finally tell her followers her story.
‘I wasn’t sure on sharing my little story to begin with because 1 it seemed so tiny in comparison to others and 2 because I had so much going on I wanted to sweep it under the carpet, however as soon as I shared the amount of messages I got from you saying you’d checked was incredible and I’m so glad I did.
‘Now by the time you’ve read this you could of checked yours! So do it now.’
Followers of the former Love Island star then flocked to the comments to praise Faye for sharing her story.
One follower wrote ‘Just had my cancer removed yesterday. Thank you for sharing this’.
Worrying: The reality TV star urged her followers to ‘have a little check’ of their breasts and went onto praise the ‘incredible’ NHS for their care