Davina McCall to have surgery for rare brain tumour

Davina McCall is having surgical procedure to take away a mind tumour, she has revealed.

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

A benign tumour isn’t cancerous, however such cysts are inclined to develop slowly, according to the Brains Trust charity.

“It wants to return out as a result of if it grows, it might be dangerous,” McCall stated, including: “So say a prayer for me. I’m in good spirits.”

In her video, she defined that the tumour had been discovered by probability.

“A number of months in the past, I did a menopause speak for an organization they usually provided me a well being scan in return, which I assumed I used to be going to ace,” she stated.

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

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

“It is large for the area. It fills the area. It is 14mm vast, and it wants to return out as a result of if it grows, it might be dangerous. So I am having it eliminated through 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 companion Michael Douglas, she added: “I am OK. It has been up and down, clearly. We have been by means of rather a lot, sure.”

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

She informed 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 area. I’ve all the religion on this planet in my surgeon and his group, and I’m handing the reins over to him.

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

Douglas stated he would briefly take over her social media, and posted a message alongside her video on her Instagram account on Friday.

“Hey everybody. Michael right here. @davinamccall will probably be ‘off grid’ for a bit whereas she recovers from this mind operation.

“She is in nice form and in superb palms. I’ll I do the odd replace from her account right here for anybody .

“I’m certain she’ll learn all of the feedback when she’s in a position to so be at liberty to ship love. The assist of individuals is amazingly highly effective. Have an awesome day everybody.”

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

They account for lower than 2% of all main mind tumours, and the speed of development and signs can range from individual to individual, in response to 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’ll block the stream of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), inflicting signs together with complications, imaginative and prescient issues, nausea and lack of consciousness. In excessive circumstances, with out therapy they’ll trigger coma and even sudden demise.

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

Earlier this yr 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 along with her work.

Final yr 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 improve in demand for hormone alternative remedy (HRT) after she made a Channel 4 documentary, Intercourse, Myths and Menopause, in 2021.