This Morning stars and Davina McCall’s celeb friends rally round star as she undergoes brain surgery
DAVINA McCall’s celeb pals including This Morning stars have rallied round her following her brain surgery.
TV legend Davina, 57, stunned fans on Friday when she revealed the invasive surgery for a benign tumour in her brain.
And as the former Big Brother star recovers in ICU after the operation was a ‘textbook’ success, her famous pals are supporting her.
Holly Willoughby sent a public message to the host, writing: “I’m sending you all the love and then a whole lot more.”
During This Morning, Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary both sent their wishes to Davina.
Alison, 49, said: “Just want to say, all our thoughts are with Davina. We’re thinking about you and you are so strong. Even in the Instagm post, she is just incredible.”
Dermot – who worked with Davina on Big Brother in the noughties – added: “The good thing is it’s benign. said the chance of having it was three in a million. Sending you all our love and prayers Davina and Michael.”
Vanessa Feltz added that Davina was an “incredible person” while Amanda Holden wrote on Instagram: “Sending so much love.”
Rylan Clark replied: “We’re all thinking of you beautiful.”
Davina’s partner Michael Douglas wrote in a statement on Instagram on Friday after her op: “Hey all. Davina is out of surgery and according to the surgeon it was textbook!”
He added: “She’s currently recovering in ICU as a precaution, as you can imagine she’s utterly exhausted.
“Thanks so much for all the love from everyone on here.. it’s powerful stuff, we are super grateful. Michael xx.”
Davina previously told fans about her concerns ahead of the surgery on Instagram but managed to laugh with Michael
The Masked Singer judge and former Big Brother presenter said the tumour was picked up during the check up she was given in return for giving a menopause talk for a private health firm.
Mum-of-three, Davina, said leaving the 14mm tumour could be “bad” if it was to grow.
Symptoms of a benign brain tumour
A benign brain tumour is a mass of cells that grows relatively slowly in the brain.
Benign means it in not cancerous.
Non-cancerous brain tumours tend to stay in one place and do not spread.
Some slow-growing tumours may not cause any symptoms at first.
When symptoms occur, it’s because the tumour is putting pressure on the brain and preventing a specific area of the brain from working properly.
As the tumour grows and increases pressure in the skull, you might experience:
- New, persistent headaches that are sometimes worse in the morning or when bending over or coughing
- Feeling sick all the time
- Drowsiness
- Vision problems, such as blurred or double vision, loss of part of your visual field and temporary vision loss
- Epileptic seizures that may affect the whole body, or you may just have a twitch in one area
See a GP if you develop any of these symptoms.
They’ll examine you and ask about your symptoms.
If they suspect you may have a tumour or are not sure what’s causing your symptoms, they may refer you to a brain and nerve specialist for further investigation.
Source: NHS