Davina McCall given all clear from cancer as she shares emotional update
TV and radio star Davina McCall has told fans her wonderful news as she shared an update on her health after undergoing a lumpectomy last October
Davina McCall shared her big news
Emotional Davina McCall has been given the all-clear from breast cancer and told fans ‘it’s good news’.
The much-loved TV star underwent a lumpectomy back in October after discovering a lump while working on ITV show The Masked Singer. But now Davina, who has also battled a benign brain tumour in recent years, provided the update following her surgery and treatment earlier this year.
Speaking on her podcast Making The Cut with her husband Michael Douglas, she said: “I went to go and have a checkup on my boobs the other day, obviously quite a serious day, quite heavy.” She went on: “It was all clear, just letting everyone know. Good news, good news.”
The 58-year-old spotting the lump after checks recommended by friend and fellow TV host Lorraine Kelly. Davina underwent surgery late last year and has since undergone intense radiotherapy.
The star rocked her fans back in November when she announced: “I just wanted to tell you that I have had breast cancer. I found a lump a few weeks ago, and it came and went.” She added: “So I had a biopsy.
“I found out it was indeed breast cancer, and I had it taken out in a lumpectomy nearly three weeks ago … It was very, very small, so I got it very, very early, which is incredibly lucky, but I am so relieved to have had it removed, and to know that it hasn’t spread.”
Davina also said at the time that she had ‘dense breasts’, which is a risk factor in developing breast cancer and makes it harder to detect.
Reflecting on the moment she received the terrible news, she said: “It felt like being punched in the face by the universe. I just thought, what? I was just beginning to feel myself again.”
She added that the experience serves as an important reminder for women to regularly check themselves.
“I found a lump myself and I had had a mammogram in the August. It was in October that I found a lump, so don’t just think, ‘I had a mammogram recently, it can’t be that’ – it could be. If you’ve got something, go and get it looked at. It takes seconds.”
Adding on the pocast today, Davina spoke of a light-hearted moment at the hospital, saying: “I went to go and pay my bill and I tapped my wand and literally people were beside themselves. I thought, this heavy day has become very joyful and funny. And I’ve not only put a smile on other people’s faces, but I’ve put a smile on mine.’
“It is quite a big wand, like your fairy godmother would come along and bestow your greatest wishes upon you with this wand. In this star on the top of the wand, when you unscrew it, there is a debit or credit card size slot that you can slot your card into, then you reattach the handle… I’ve tried it everywhere now.”
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