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EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison reveals she SCALDED herself with boiling water multiple times a day as she became obsessed with 'washing' away cancer cells after being diagnosed with the disease


Cheryl Fergison doused herself in scalding water multiple times a day as she became obsessed with 'washing' away cancer cells after battling the illness.

Soap star Cheryl kept her health problems private after getting the diagnosis nine years ago, but has now revealed how she was driven to taking painfully hot showers i in a desperate bid to stop the disease returning. The star shared the devastating news with a few pals in the industry at the time, including Dame Barbara Windsor, June Brown, and Steve McFadden. Thanking the staff at Blackpool & Victoria Teaching Hospital, Cheryl said: 'I was treated for an infection with six hourly antibiotics IV drips and at times was in complete agony.

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