Davina McCall to have surgery for rare brain tumour

Davina McCall is recovering from surgical procedure she underwent to take away a uncommon mind tumour, her associate has stated.

The TV presenter, 57, earlier posted a video on Instagram to say she had been recognized with a sort of benign tumour referred to as a colloid cyst.

In an replace on Friday night, Michael Douglas stated McCall was “out of surgical procedure” and recovering in hospital – and thanked well-wishers “for all of the love”. He added that McCall was “completely exhausted”.

A benign tumour will not be cancerous, however such cysts are inclined to develop slowly, according to the Brainstrust charity.

Within the assertion, shared to McCall’s 1.9 million Instagram followers, Douglas stated a health care provider had described the process as being “textbook”.

Previous to the surgical procedure, McCall defined how the tumour had been discovered by likelihood.

“A number of months in the past, I did a menopause speak for a corporation and so they provided me a well being scan in return, which I believed I used to be going to ace,” she stated within the video.

“However it turned out I had a benign mind tumour referred to as a colloid cyst, which could be very uncommon – three in 1,000,000.

“And so I barely put my head within the sand for some time, after which I noticed fairly a couple of neurosurgeons. I received plenty of opinions, and I realised that I’ve to get it taken out.

“It is huge for the house. It fills the house. It is 14mm extensive, and it wants to return out as a result of if it grows, it will be unhealthy. So I am having it eliminated by way of a craniotomy.”

A craniotomy is an operation the place a surgeon removes a part of the cranium to take out the tumour.

“Get the cyst, empty it, take it out, Bob’s your uncle,” McCall stated.

Talking alongside her associate Douglas, she added: “I am OK. It has been up and down, clearly. We have been via so much, sure.”

She stated she anticipated to spend about 9 days in hospital after the operation.

She instructed followers: “I do not need you to fret about me. I am doing that sufficient.

“However I am not worrying an excessive amount of and I’m in a superb house. I’ve all the religion on the planet in my surgeon and his workforce, and I’m handing the reins over to him.

“He is aware of what he is doing, and I’ll do the getting higher bit after. I am going to see you on the opposite facet.”

Douglas stated then that he would briefly take over her social media.

They usually type in a fluid-filled cavity within the centre of the mind, and are themselves full of fluid, the Brains Belief says.

They account for lower than 2% of all major mind tumours, and the speed of progress and signs can differ from individual to individual, in keeping with the charity.

They’re typically discovered throughout a scan for one thing else, and a few surgeons suggest a watch and wait coverage if the cyst is small and inflicting no signs.

Nevertheless, as they develop they will block the movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), inflicting signs together with complications, imaginative and prescient issues, nausea and lack of consciousness. In excessive circumstances, with out remedy they will trigger coma and even sudden demise.

The Brain Tumour Charity instructed BBC Information: “All of us want Davina the very best final result for this process.

“As an inspiration to so many, we’re grateful that she has chosen to lift consciousness of this uniquely devastating illness.

“We’re dedicated to funding pioneering analysis, campaigning for systemic change and providing help to all these whose lives are turned the other way up by a mind tumour prognosis.”

Will Jones, chief government of Brainstrust, added: “Mind tumours are indiscriminate, they will have an effect on anybody and they’re extra frequent than folks may suppose. Over 80,000 folks within the UK live with a mind tumour, and there are over 130 completely different diagnoses.”

He added they had been additionally “grateful to Davina” for sharing her story “overtly and candidly”.

“It will assist lots of of individuals residing with a colloid cyst to really feel acknowledged and fewer alone,” he stated.

McCall’s lengthy TV presenting profession consists of Channel 4’s Huge Brother, ITV’s Lengthy Misplaced Household, and My Mum, Your Dad, together with Comedian and Sport Reduction for the BBC.

Earlier this 12 months she won a special recognition award on the Nationwide TV Awards, for her contributions to the TV trade over her profession.

She additionally campaigns on menopause consciousness, after her altering hormones prompted her to spotlight ladies’s experiences together with her work.

Final 12 months she won the top prize at the British Book Awards for 2022’s Menopausing, which she co-wrote with Dr Naomi Potter.

The so-called “Davina impact” noticed an enormous enhance in demand for hormone substitute remedy (HRT) after she made a Channel 4 documentary, Intercourse, Myths and Menopause, in 2021.