EastEnders star Peace reveals cancer treatment

EastEnders histrion Heather Peace has revealed she has had country and chemotherapy aft being diagnosed with bosom crab past year.

The 49-year-old has played Eve Panesar-Unwin successful the BBC soap since 2021, and has besides starred successful shows including Holby City, Waterloo Road and London's Burning.

"I've been connected rather a roadworthy for galore months now," she wrote connected Instagram connected Monday alongside a video of having a wig fitted. "I was diagnosed with bosom crab astatine the opening of October.

"Since past I've undergone country and betterment implicit the Christmas play and contiguous my chemotherapy travel ended."

She likened the extremity of her attraction to reaching the decorativeness enactment successful the London Marathon. "To reason - I've conscionable picked up my medal," she wrote.

"But I'm everlastingly changed. During this clip I've narrowed my world."

She said she had spent "the astir precious time" with her woman and 3 daughters, "just trying to admit each infinitesimal of them".

"I've stayed still," she continued. "I've recovered joyousness successful the simplest of things. Interactions with others person felt honorable and existent due to the fact that I've had nary capableness for tiny talk. It has felt similar specified a idiosyncratic shift. There person been truthful galore positives."

Peace has besides continued to look connected surface successful caller months, and thanked the EastEnders squad for "going supra & beyond".

She besides thanked "all of the friends successful my section assemblage who've been determination for maine and my household astatine the driblet of a chapeau (you cognize who you are)".

She added: "Thank you to the NHS. You are wonderful, skilled people. You treated maine efficiently. You gave maine dignity and showed maine kindness. It's truthful appreciated.

"Life feels precise antithetic present and it's wonderful. I volition proceed to cherish and beryllium grateful for each I americium blessed with. I consciousness precise lucky."

Her EastEnders co-stars rallied circular to nonstop their support, with Lacey Turner - who plays Eve's ex-wife Stacey Slater - replying: "My superhero!! Love you ever mate."

Kellie Bright, aka Linda Carter, added: "I've said it earlier and I'll accidental it again… WARRIOR WOMAN!!!! Love the bones of you."

Diane Parish, known to viewers arsenic Denise Fox, posted: "Tough and courageously vulnerable. That makes a existent warrior. Admire you much than you could know. We got you each the way!"

Emma Barton, who plays the soap's Honey Mitchell, wrote: "Love you truthful much, you beautiful, strong, mental, brave lady... You're frigging Ace!!!"

Navin Chowdhry, who played Nish Panesar, said: "All the emotion successful the satellite Heather. You are Glowing!! And what a magical squad to person by your side."