Two days earlier she had her encephalon tumour removed, Davina McCall revealed what her last words would beryllium earlier being enactment to slumber for the operation.
The erstwhile Big Brother presenter, 57, shocked followers connected Friday erstwhile she released a video explaining that a random health cheque had recovered a benign encephalon tumour, and she was getting it removed via a craniotomy.
Hours later, her spouse Michael Douglas posted a connection connected her behalf, which said the country went well, and she was recovering successful ICU arsenic a ‘precaution’.
Yesterday, Michael shared the bully quality that she was retired of ICU following the abbreviated stay.
In the latest occurrence of Making The Cut podcast – which was recorded 2 days earlier her country – Davina revealed what her last words would beryllium earlier she was enactment nether anaesthetic.
‘Do you cognize what I’m going to do?’ she began connected the episode, recorded with Michael.
‘As they’re putting maine nether – which is specified a bully feeling by the mode – I’m going to acceptable an intention. I’m going to say: “Love, love, love, each the way.”‘
Announcing the quality connected Friday morning, Davina said she consulted with respective neurosurgeons and aft ‘lots of opinions’ decided to person the benign tumour removed due to the fact that it is ‘big for the space’ successful her encephalon and ‘if it grows it volition beryllium bad’.
In the video alongside Michael, the Masked Singer justice explained: ‘Hi truthful I’m posting this, it volition beryllium Friday greeting and I’m doing it due to the fact that a fewer months ago, I did a menopause speech for a institution and they offered maine a wellness scan successful instrumentality which I thought I was going to ace.
‘But, it turned retired I had a benign encephalon tumour called a colloid cyst which is precise rare, 3 successful a million.
‘I enactment my caput successful the soil for a while, I saw rather a fewer neurosurgeons, I got tons of opinions, and I realised that I person to get it taken out. It’s large for the space, it fills the space. It’s 14mm wide, and it needs to travel retired due to the fact that if it grows it volition beryllium bad.
‘So I’m having it removed via a craniotomy done the apical of my caput here, and done the 2 halves of my brain, to the middle, get the cyst, bare it, instrumentality it out, “Bob’s your uncle.”
‘So accidental a supplication for me. I americium successful bully spirits.’
Speaking astir her recovery, Davina continued: ‘I’m going to beryllium successful infirmary for astir 9 days, and past I’m going to beryllium going location but I americium going to beryllium disconnected my telephone for a while.
‘So Michael mightiness capable you successful and fto you guys cognize however I’m doing. But I don’t privation you to interest astir me. I’m doing that capable arsenic it is.
‘I’m not worrying excessively overmuch I americium successful a bully space. I person each the religion successful the satellite successful my surgeon and his squad and I’m handing the reins implicit to him, helium knows what he’s doing, I’m going to bash the getting amended spot after. I’ll spot you connected the different side.’
Colloid cysts are benign, meaning they are non-cancerous, tiny fluid-filled sacs located successful oregon astir the lateral and 3rd ventricle of the brain, according to the London Neurosurgery Partnership.
Promising helium would support fans updated, Michael took to societal media yesterday and wrote: ‘Update folks. Thanks truthful overmuch to each the good wishers. ❤️❤️❤️
‘She truly has made an tremendous leap guardant successful the past 24 hours. She is retired of ICU. She is “loving awareness” ❤️🌈🪐🌎💥💕 Thank you xx.’
In the station helium added that determination had been ‘mega progress’ successful the past 24 hours and it was a ‘massive alleviation to spot immoderate airy breaking through’.
He thanked everyone again for their messages, which Davina’s societal media has been flooded with since her announcement.
Those sending well-wishes see Holly Willoughby, Rylan Clark, Carol Vorderman, Laura Whitmore and Dragons’ Den prima Steven Bartlett.
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