TV presenter Sarah Beeny has said having cancer “feels like a lifetime ago now”.<\/p>\n
The 54-year-old former host of Channel 4\u2019s Property Ladder also reflected on her mental health and admitted she has struggled with it more “as I\u2019ve got older”.<\/p>\n
Beeny was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2022 and received treatment, including a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and also had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent ovarian cancer from developing.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Mirror, the broadcaster reflected on life since getting the all-clear in April 2023 and said: “I was lucky. I was fortunate to get diagnosed in time, and my treatment was successful. I have a whole life to live now.<\/p>\n
“It feels like a lifetime ago now.”<\/p>\n
The mother-of-four has since become a prominent advocate for breast cancer awareness, having also lost her mother to the same disease at 10-years-old.<\/p>\n
Referring to her husband Graham Swift, she continued: “Graham laughs and says, \u2018Your therapy is to pick up the carpet, sweep everything underneath and put it back down again\u2019.<\/p>\n
“But that\u2019s just my coping mechanism. Cancer was the big bad wolf to me and now I\u2019ve had it.<\/p>\n
“If you had to sum up the 10 things I\u2019m about, cancer wouldn\u2019t be on the list.”<\/p>\n
The property expert also reflected on how she feels obliged to constantly keep herself busy and said she is “endlessly dissatisfied”.<\/p>\n
Beeny said: “It\u2019s my drug. I don\u2019t sit down much. And I like a challenge.<\/p>\n
“My husband says, \u2018Can you not see what you have achieved and be proud? Look at the lives you\u2019ve changed and the women in the building industry you\u2019ve empowered?\u2019 And I say, \u2018No. I need to do something else\u2019.”<\/p>\n
The presenter also said her move from south London to the Somerset countryside in 2018 “helped my mental health”, adding: “I wouldn\u2019t say I ever get depressed, but I have up days and down days.<\/p>\n
“As I\u2019ve got older, the clouds come.”<\/p>\n
Beeny recounted noticing a decline in her mental health following the birth of her eldest son, Billy, and told the newspaper: “It was really difficult. I was thinking, \u2018What\u2019s wrong with me?\u2019.<\/p>\n
“I remember Graham saying, \u2018You have to eat something\u2019, he made me baked beans and I couldn\u2019t even swallow them. It was so overwhelming and I was thinking, \u2018I love this little baby, but I\u2019m not grown-up enough for this\u2019.<\/p>\n
“I was so full of self-doubt. I look back and realise it was baby blues.”<\/p>\n
Beeny is best known for appearing on shows such as Sarah Beeny\u2019s New Life In The Country, Four Rooms and Help! My House Is Falling Down.<\/p>\n
She also hosted podcast Seriously?! With Sarah Beeny and is currently focused on her upcoming Channel 4 show, which is said to follow buyers as they transform properties bought at auction into their dream homes.<\/p>\n
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