TV presenter Davina McCall is out of intensive care and has made an “huge leap ahead” within the final 24 hours, following her surgical procedure to take away a uncommon mind tumour.
In an replace on her Instagram account her companion Michael Douglas stated: “Thanks a lot to all of the nicely wishers. She actually has made an unlimited leap ahead within the final 24 hours. She is out of ICU.”
The 57-year-old beforehand posted a video on Instagram, to say she had been recognized with a kind of benign tumour referred to as a colloid cyst.
A benign tumour will not be cancerous, however such cysts are likely to develop slowly, in keeping with the Brainstrust charity.
“Large aid to see some mild coming although. Thanks for all the great vibes coming in from all angles,” Mr Douglas continued within the put up to McCall’s 1.9 million followers.
Forward of her surgical procedure McCall had defined how the tumour had been discovered by likelihood.
“Just a few months in the past, I did a menopause discuss for an organization and so they supplied me a well being scan in return, which I assumed I used to be going to ace,” she stated in a video posted on Friday.
“However it turned out I had a benign mind tumour referred to as a colloid cyst, which could be very uncommon – three in one million.”
Colloid cysts usually kind 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 fluctuate from individual to individual, in keeping with the charity.
McCall defined a surgeon would carry out a process referred to as a craniotomy, the place a part of the cranium is eliminated to take out the tumour.
Mr Douglas beforehand stated the operation had been “textbook”.
McCall’s lengthy TV presenting profession contains Channel 4’s Huge Brother, ITV’s Lengthy Misplaced Household, and My Mum, Your Dad, together with Comedian and Sport Aid for the BBC.
Earlier this yr she received a particular 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 yr she received the highest prize on the British Ebook 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 alternative remedy (HRT) after she made a Channel 4 documentary, Intercourse, Myths and Menopause, in 2021.
