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Street's Julie Hesmondhalgh talks Hayley cancer diagnosis
Hayley Cropper is diagnosed with cancer   Coronation Street
character Hayley Cropper's world will be turned upside down next
week after she gets diagnosed with potentially fatal stage two
pancreatic cancer.  Viewers will see Hayley called in by her
doctor for tests after a routine medical shows up abnormalities,
only to be told of her serious condition.  After leaving the
hospital, Hayley has the harrowing task of telling husband Roy
the shocking news and worries about how he will cope.  Here,
Julie Hesmondhalgh - who plays Hayley - discusses her
character's devastating diagnosis.  Why does Hayley decide to go
to the doctor's? Has Hayley been feeling unwell? "She goes to
the doctor's to encourage Roy to go. She has been feeling tired
because Roy's been sleepwalking but she doesn't go to the
doctor's with any sort of agenda regarding her own health."  So
she must feel quite shocked when she