Beverley Callard recently broke down in tears in front of one of her co-stars and said she “knew she was losing the battle” of cancer before her long-awaited test results came through
Beverley Callard recently broke down in tears in front of one of her co-stars and said she “knew she was losing the battle” of cancer.
The actress, 69, announced earlier this year she had been diagnosed with breast cancer around the time she relocated to Ireland with her husband Jon McEwan so she could join the cast of RTE’s soap Fair City. Beverley initially underwent an operation and then completed radiotherapy.
Doctors urged her to undergo further scans on her stomach, and following a wait of six weeks, results confirmed that there was no stomach cancer present. But in a candid update on Wednesday evening, Beverley told of how she “burst into tears” on set because she just felt so ill.
Speaking in a video posted to Instagram, she said: “As you know, I got the results of the biopsies on my stomach last week, and they said it’s definitely not stomach cancer, which I was over the moon with, but I think it took a couple of days to sink in because we’ve been waiting all those weeks for the results and you suddenly realize then that maybe you’ve been thinking the worst, even though you were you pretend that you’re optimistic and everything. And I know everybody who’s going through this feels the same way.
“And I did have a few days before the results where I honestly thought, because I felt so ill with this stomach thing, I honestly thought, ‘I’m losing the battle here.’
“And one day I was at work, and the people have been amazing, and I was working with an actress, Una, who we’ve worked together a lot. She’s fantastic. And she said, ‘How are you doing today?’ And you know when somebody’s nice to you you just burst into tears? And I just said, ‘I’m losing the battle. I know I’m losing the battle,’ because I just felt so poorly.”
The Coronation Street legend, who played Rovers landlady Liz McDonald on the long-running soap on and off for 30 years, has now said that she is starting to feel a lot better, and apologised if she came across as “self-indulgent” as she waited on her results.
She added: “I’m beginning to feel quite a lot better now, and I’m sorry if I moaned at everybody as well, because I felt as though I was really self-indulgent, but we all get like that. And I’ve been speaking to other people who are in exactly the same boat and at the same going through the same process.
“Some are ahead of me, some are a bit behind me, and so it’s good to have everyone to chat to and listen to what you have all got to say. But today has been a good day. I should have gone out this evening to something, but I’m still a bit too nauseous to go.
“And you know, it’s weird, because my 94-year-old mum-in-law was here, and she’s drinking Jägerbombs and Black Russians, and I was on like water and tea. [laughs]
“And you think, ‘What is going on with my life?’ But there we go, I will party again at some point. But I just am sending lots of love to everybody.”
When former I’m A Celebrity star Beverley revealed the news that she had finally received her results, she explained that the tests had found “chronic inflammation and H. pylori bacteria, but no stomach cancer whatsoever.” She then proudly declared that “the fight is back on.”
Ex-Loose Women panellist Denise Welch, who played Natalie Barnes on Coronation Street in the late 1990s, wrote: “Oh Beverley what great news!!!” and left behind a string of red heart emojis.
Another follower wrote: “Great news , thrilled for you & the worried look has left your face . You are glowing & rightly so . Onwards & upwards & get your stomach problem sorted . Such a relief for yourself & John xx”
A third wrote: “Brilliant Beverley. You will be a new woman on the medication. You may rattle but the pain relief will be fast,” and a fourth said: “Thank the stars you got good news Beverley I’m so happy for you.”
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