Coronation Street icon Beverley Callard has candidly opened up about her latest health scare, and described her latest hospital trip as “chaotic”.
Earlier this year the legendary soap actress, 69, revealed that she had been diagnosed with the early stages of breast cancer and, following an initial operation that took place earlier this year and has been due to start radiotherapy for some time now.
She revealed her diagnosis in February and regularly updates her followers with her health battles.
View 2 ImagesBeverley as Liz McDonald. (Image: ITV)
In her latest Instagram update she has opened up about her latest health scare and receiving radiotherapy treatment. Speaking on the social media platform, Beverley captioned her latest video update: “Well that was a long day! Lots of tests and scans and more tests… followed by a rather chaotic meeting of the radiotherapy team! The plan is starting to come together but I’m just anxious to get started now…”
In the video she says from her hospital bed: “So far, blood pressure done, that’s high, of course because I’m nervous. They’ve taken blood, blood oxygen levels and now they’re going to see if they can fit me in for a scan, before they get the results of the blood tests.”
Later in the video it switches to a clip of her out of hospital, with her saying: “Good news is, it’s definitely not a blood clot, they did all the ultrasound, they did everything.. every test going they did and apparently its a cyst but it’s quite common. I’m not pleased I’ve got something quite common but there we go.”
She went on to explain it’s at the back of her knee and that she visited St Luke’s to see a radiotherapist. Speaking about the appointment she said: “It was all a bit chaotic because their computer system went down so there were lots of people there waiting to go in.
“I saw professor Armstrong and he said, it was quite brief, but he said i’ll be having 10 days of radiotherapy. Five consecutive days, then a weekend off, then five more days.”
She confirmed she was unsure when the treatment is due to start.
Followers took to the comments to share positivity, one wrote: “Bless you ,we are all behind you for a speedy recovery.” Another wrote: “You did the right thing getting it checked out. Glad it was a cyst and not a blood clot. Sending hugs and love to you.”
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