After disclosing she was receiving cancer treatment, Stacey Solomon’s co-star has returned to Sort Your Life Out.
Dilly Carter addressed her absence from the show, which transforms untidy family homes into new, tidier, and better-than-ever spaces, last week while she reflected on her cancer experience.
She said at the time that she had just undergone surgery for cancer and was in a lot of pain, admitting watching the show – which saw Mrs Hinch step in – would be ‘bitter sweet’.
‘The episode reminds me of how poorly I was and how much pain I was in when this episode was filmed.
‘I had just come out of hospital following major surgery to remove the cancer and my entire reproductive system.
‘I obviously could not film so was so grateful someone could step in. But I was also so sad to miss it!’
On Thursday’s episode, however, organiser Dilly returned to the BBC show, when the group travelled to Nottingham to assist a family with five children.
Carpenter Rob, cleaner Iwan, and, of course, Stacey accompanied her on the decluttering trip.
‘I’m back this week!!!! Tackling a LOT as per usual.’ Dily announced on her Instagram stories, alongside a clip of her clambering into the contestants’ lofts ready for a big organisation.
‘So glad Dilly is back as she is amazing and I really hope she is ok,’ one fan wrote.
Another said: ‘I missed Dilly last week, so glad she’s back.’
‘Glad Dilly’s back!’ a third echoed.
On Thursday’s episode, however, organiser Dilly returned to the BBC show, when the group travelled to Nottingham to assist a family with five children.
Carpenter Rob, cleaner Iwan, and, of course, Stacey accompanied her on the decluttering trip.
‘I can’t believe how far I’ve gone since December,’ the 42-year-old continued. It already feels like a lifetime ago.’
She was given the all-clear earlier this summer after undergoing radiotherapy to prevent the cancer from returning. She will need frequent check-ups but has been assured that the malignancy is slow-growing.
She shared her tale on social media in April, stating that she had received treatment for huge, painful fibroids in her stomach and uterus, which required extensive surgery to remove.
Two weeks later, she heard that the fibroids had been examined for malignancy, and that she had stage one womb cancer.
However, following further research, it was discovered that she had a fibroid in her uterus, with ‘no place for a baby.’
Becoming emotional at this point in the video, she added: ‘That private surgery I moaned about paying for had just discovered I had cancer and potentially saved my life.’
Dilly shared a nice video on Instagram earlier this week to celebrate the completion of season four filming.
She talked about how tough it was to film while recovering from surgery, and how she was ‘nearly unable to work’.
Alongside a clip of some behind-the-scenes snaps from production, Dilly said: ‘What an amazing series this has been with an incredible production team and amazing families with such different, powerful stories.
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‘This was my hardest series yet as I filmed post-recovering from two major operations and the unexpected complications of those and then throughout my course of radiation.
‘Which in the last two weeks was unbelievably hard. I was almost unable to work due to the side effects of it but I did it.
‘I wanted to keep going, I needed to keep going and focus on work to get me through.
‘So as much I could I did but not without the support of some amazing people. And I’m so glad I did it because some of the families I had such a connection with and you will soon see why.
‘They say it takes an army and I think I have the best one around from the @sortyourlifeout cast and crew to my own personal family and friends and of course you dollies.’
‘Dilly, you are amazing,’ one fan commented, as another wrote: ‘Loving the new series. You really are an inspiration to everyone.’
Someone else penned: ‘Amazing Dilly, great series and love having you back on my screen.’
Sort Your Life Out continues on BBC One on Thursday at 8pm.
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