The Coronation Street star told fans she’s been diagnosed with cancer in January.
Coronation Street icon Beverley Callard has issued a robust response after a fan said she shouldn’t be working while battling cancer. The actress, 68, announced in January that she was been diagnosed with breast cancer – getting her diagnosis just minutes before filming her latest soap, Fair City. She underwent a “big operation” the following month.
The Liz McDonald actress is one of the stars taking part in the forthcoming series of I’m A Celeb South Africa, which was pre-recorded last year and she has been taking part in its promotion ahead of it coming to screens next month. In a video Bev said she’d been left exhausted by a trip to London to help plug the series.
She said: “I thought I’d give you an update. I’ve not posted for a couple of days because, to be honest, I was completely wiped out. I was at work last week, as you know, in London, doing the launch for I’m a Celebrity, and it was great, but I was wiped out afterwards.”
However, one fan told her: “Surely you shouldn’t be working so soon?” She replied simply: “I can’t not do anything, it’s good to keep busy.”
Beverley spoke about her cancer diagnosis in characteristically strident terms at the I’m A Celeb launch, declaring: ““F*** cancer!” She added: “We go from one extreme to another in my job. I’m feeling more nervous now we’re here, but I’m going to be very brave.”
The actress cheerfully revealed earlier this month that she may not need to have another op, telling fans: “Today has been a great day. I got to the hospital at 9am. Jon came in with me because, if you remember, last week I really didn’t want him to come in when they took the dressings off for the first time.
“Anyway, I saw my consultant, who was truly amazing, and she says I do not need to have the second operation. I’ve still got the massive swelling under my arm, it’s about three inches long and one and half inches wide.
“But as opposed to being rock hard, it’s begun to soften so they said it’s turning into fluid now so it will slowly just release into my system and then out of my system so I’m really thrilled about that. So, the next stage, is, in about four weeks, we will find out if she managed to get all the cancer out and we’ll also get the results of whether it was in the lymph nodes or not.
“If I’m cancer-free, then, a few weeks after that, I will begin radiotherapy. If I’m not cancer-free, then we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. But I have a feeling I will be. I don’t why I have that feeling but I just have.”
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