'First day of chemo done' - Coronation Street star shares breast cancer update

A former Coronation Street star has shared the impact of her chemotherapy treatment - saying every day is 'a gift' following her breast cancer diagnosis. Tracy Shaw, who played Maxine Peacock in the ITV soap, told her Instagram followers last month she had been diagnosed with cancer, and would be starting an intensive treatment regime. Weeks later, she has issued an update after completing her first day of chemotherapy as she explained to fans that she would be cutting off all her hair and donating it to charity. As she shared an video on Instagram, she told her followers that she had spent over eight hours at her first session, the Express reports. The actress said: "First day of chemo done. I’m feeling alright but that has a great amount to do with the steroids which are helping my body fight the chemo that has gone in. "So I went in today to start at 9am and I left at 5.30pm, very hot day and there was a bit of delay." She added: "Basically with my chemo injection, one of which hadn’t arrived, it’s got nothing to do with robots or anything to do with the hospital team, it was the medics delivery, so yeah that was the delay. "But I’m feeling really positive but everything I keep eating tastes horrible. "Everything tastes of metal, just like you told me, and every now and again I feel like the Incredible Hulk, I want to start moving furniture around, the dogs keeping away from me because they sense that." READ MORE: Wales Coast Path row erupts after adventure company issued with trespass notice READ MORE: Body found during huge search for missing man It comes shortly after she chopped her hair to donate it to The Little Princess Trust and has now been out shopping for a new wig. Earlier this month Tracy opened up about the emotional challenges she's been facing, telling her followers: "Each morning I wake up and know that I have to go into hospital and receive more news, which has been going on for a long time, that unknown… "I just think, 'I can’t go through with this anymore,' but I’ve not even started my journey." She's had an influx of support online from her followers as she's shared updates on every step of her journey, with a lot of Tracy's recent posts focusing on how waking up is a "gift" each day.