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BRITISH TV HOST Davina McCall has spoken about recent treatment for a brain tumour, telling her social media followers that she will be “off grid” while she recovers from an operation to remove it.
McCall released a video saying that she will be in hospital for about nine days to have the surgery, saying that the tumour is “big” and “needs to come out”.
The presenter said the colloid cyst is benign and was discovered after she was given a health scan as part of some work she was doing about menopause awareness.
Speaking in the video, McCall asked her followers not to be worried about her during the recovery and that her partner Michael Douglas will provide updates as required.
The social media post was signed off by Douglas, who said:
Hey everyone. Michael here. Davina will be “off grid” for a bit while she recovers from this brain operation. She is in great shape and in very good hands. I’ll do the odd update from her account here for anyone interested. I’m sure she’ll read all the comments when she’s able to so feel free to send love.The support of people is amazingly powerful. Have a great day everyone. Michael xxx
McCall became a well-known TV personality in the late 1990s and early 2000s primarily on Channel 4 television and was best-known as the host of Big Brother when it launched in the UK.
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Best of luck Davina.
Hope she makes a full recovery.
Long fight ahead for her, best of luck Davina
poor Davina, I remember her from her MTV Europe days after school, always liked her
Great character (Davina) good luck in your journey I’m sure everyone is wishing health and happiness.
Streetmate. Great show. Good luck with the operation.
Get well soon Davina.
Big fan of all your TV shows.
@topgun
How dare you make such comments. I Know 3 people who have similar operations…All dead Inc my brother who took ten years to die but was a dead man walking after his operation.
people like you disgust me ,thinking you know everything but actually now nothing .
@CORMAC BOYD: I am truly very sorry to hear this. I too have a friend going through this awful illness who’s prognosis is not so good. But the article on Davina states it’s a benign cyst. Nothing sinister. She’ll be fine.
@Topgun: a. neighbour had the same diagnoses and had 3 operations as it regrew. she died 12 years later as the cyst grew around her brain stem, eventually cutting off nerves to her organs. she was only in her 40′s. Nothing got to do with the brain is simple and all surgeriescarry risks.
Wishing for a full recovery. Bless you.
I have always found her highly irritating myself , a bit vacuous in fact but that’s just my opinion and now I sincerely wish her a successfu recovery . Facing into surgery is always an ordeal and brain surgery most of all . Good luck Davina .
@Joan Grennan: Can you not wish the women well and leave it at that. I think it’s always nice to be nice. Especially when facing any operation.
@Joan Grennan: we heard you the first time Joan
It’s benign. She has a cyst. She’ll be fine. Always drama with this one.
@Topgun: is it or is it not Brain surgery?
@anthony davoren: it’s not a tumour. It’s a benign cyst. It’s like a pimple, nothing more than that. Nothing sinister about it. Not cancerous. She’ll be fine.
@Topgun: nice to know we have a surgeon on journal comments section
@Tony Lyons: if you read the piece you will see that it’s called a cyst and that it’s benign.
@Topgun: Yes, the article says a cyst and benign. But it is a brain operation that can be doggy. These kinds of operations come with risks.
@Topgun:hope you don’t have to go through it. … post surgery you may likely suffer short term memory loss, confusion, sleep most of the day, risk of brain damage and hopefully no hydrocephalus.. but call that dramatic ( with a name like Top Gun)
@Topgun:hope you don’t have to go through it. … post surgery you may likely suffer short term memory loss, confusion, sleep most of the day, risk of brain damage and hopefully no hydrocephalus.. but call that dramatic ( with a name like Top Gun)
@Topgun: idiot
@Topgun: sap
Best of good luck to you , Davina , for a complete and speedy recovery .
I have always found her highly irritating myself , a bit vacuous in fact but that’s just my opinion and now I sincerely wish her a successfu recovery . Facing into surgery is always an ordeal and brain surgery most of all . Good luck Davina .
Ok i won’t.
I won’t.
Until I saw the headline I had all but forgotten about you.
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