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<\/p>\nFormer Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw became tearful during an A&E visit as she shared the difficulties of attending hospital while undergoing cancer treatment.<\/p>\n
The 52-year-old, who portrayed Maxine Peacock on the ITV soap between 1995 and 2003, was admitted after experiencing repeatedly high temperatures following chemotherapy.<\/p>\n
Speaking from her hospital bed on Instagram, Ms Shaw explained she had delayed seeking medical attention due to the hot weather, which had taken a toll on her body.<\/p>\n
“It isn’t easy coming in when we have cancer because there are a lot of people with – I’m not disregarding it – minor things, and some have just drank too much,” she said.<\/p>\n
The former Coronation Street actress praised NHS staff after being admitted with a high temperature<\/p>\n
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The actress grew emotional as she described the challenge of navigating busy hospital departments with a severely weakened immune system.<\/p>\n
Ms Shaw revealed her breast cancer diagnosis in April, disclosing that she would require five months of chemotherapy after testing positive for HER2.<\/p>\n
“Originally, I was going to have surgery in two weeks, but because my results have come back that I am HER2 positive, it means I have to have chemo for five months,” she explained at the time.<\/p>\n
The actress outlined that surgery to remove lumps and lymph glands would follow, with potential additional procedures before radiotherapy.<\/p>\n
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The actress revealed she had delayed going to A&E despite feeling unwell during her chemotherapy treatment<\/p>\n
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Her treatment journey has been marked by significant setbacks.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the week, Ms Shaw posted on social media describing her ordeal six days after chemotherapy, revealing she had developed shingles with blisters alongside the usual side effects.<\/p>\n
“You were right, it’s definitely a s**t show,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
Ms Shaw also voiced her frustration at conditions within the hospital during the ongoing heatwave, noting that the air conditioning was not functioning.<\/p>\n
She recounted an incident involving workmen outside her room, describing how one became “really rude” to a nurse who asked if she could close the door for the patient’s protection.<\/p>\n
“He felt like he had a job to do, and he’d put his work bag on the bin which was holding my door open,” Ms Shaw said.<\/p>\n
The actress, who typically wears a mask due to her compromised immunity, expressed concern that nobody around her was taking similar precautions.<\/p>\n
When three workers entered her room without masks to check the air conditioning, Shaw insisted they return only with face coverings.<\/p>\n
Despite the challenging circumstances, Ms Shaw expressed deep gratitude for the care she received from medical staff.<\/p>\n
“Anyway, thank you to the NHS and all the staff. They’ve been amazing, and they have been able to put me in a separate room for now.<\/p>\n
“It’s really important to try and protect us,” she said.<\/p>\n
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Ma Shaw has been sharing regular updates on her cancer journey with her Instagram followers<\/p>\n
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The former soap star, who also enjoyed a brief music career and appeared in programmes including Casualty and Doctors, paid tribute to healthcare workers battling through the extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n
“Yesterday in A&E, I watched the nurses doctors and staff work incredibly hard in the heat with no aircon. <\/p>\n
“Everyone who is working in hospitals today I salute you,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Coronation Street actress Tracy Shaw became tearful during an A&E visit as she shared the difficulties of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[830,2525,96,59,50,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-663251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity","tag-coronation-street","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}