Corry St actress determined to beat cancer
Sally Whittaker is determined to beat cancer for the sake of her three children.
The 'Coronation Street' actress - who was diagnosed with breast cancer just days after being told by producers her alter-ego Sally Webster would also be hit by the disease - admits she was devastated when she got the news but her husband Tim Dynevor and their three kids, Phoebe, 15, Sam, 13, and six-year-old Hattie, are helping her get through it.
She said: "We got into the car after leaving the hospital and I cried like I had never cried before. It was uncontrollable sobbing. I didn't want to die. I would hate to be sat on a fluffy cloud looking down at my children. I couldn't cope with that. I had to be there to see them grow up."
The 46-year-old star - who has kept her battle a secret until now - also decided to shave her hair off before having chemotherapy because she didn't want it falling out in clumps.
She told Hello! magazine: "I asked one of the make-up artists at work to do it. A friend who'd had breast cancer warned me the hair came out in clumps, so I have to shave it off at the start.
"Tim said I looked beautiful without my hair and that really helped me to stay positive too."
Whittaker is now preparing to return to 'Coronation Street' after being given time off.
