{"id":934,"date":"2026-09-24T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:22:26","slug":"coronation-streets-tracy-shaw-fights-back-tears-as-she-reveals-she-missed-crucial-cancer-appointment-at-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Tracy Shaw fights back tears as she reveals she missed crucial cancer appointment at hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracy, 53, who played Maxine Peacock in the ITV soap, first disclosed her breast cancer diagnosis in April.<\/p>\n

The star has since bravely kept fans informed on her health journey over subsequent months.<\/p>\n

In a new update, Tracy initially shared an upbeat reel which she captioned: \u201cFound an easy top down for breast checks.<\/p>\n

With pockets essentially. Surgeon, I\u2019 m coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, only a couple of hours later, she uploaded two emotional clips onto her Instagram story.<\/p>\n

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Tracy has been open with fans about her health journeyCredit: Instagram \/ tracy.k.shaw<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tracy is well known for playing Maxine Peacock in Coronation StreetCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tracy said: \u201cSo, my update is I\u2019m sat in the car park and I missed the appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rang them and they said because it was the first appointment, they\u2019re not sure [if] the doctor can see me now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI arrived really early and I\u2019ve been driving around the car park now for 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe advice I was given was, \u201cCould you go out and park on the road?\u201d and I said, \u201cThe likelihood of me finding a space is so slim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tracy, 53, who played Maxine Peacock in the ITV soap, first disclosed her breast cancer diagnosis in April. The star has since bravely kept fans informed on her health journey over subsequent months. In a new update, Tracy initially shared an upbeat reel which she captioned: \u201cFound an easy top down for breast checks. With…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":936,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}