Davina McCall says she has short-term memory problems after brain tumour surgery
Davina McCall has said that her short-term memory is “a bit remiss” as she recovers from brain tumour surgery.
The visibly emotional TV presenter posted a video of herself in bed as she updated her Instagram followers on her condition, saying it had been a “mad” time.
She expressed an “enormous heartfelt thank you” to people who had messaged after the 57-year-old revealed this month she had a benign brain tumour, a colloid cyst, which she described as “very rare”.
“My short-term memory is a bit remiss,” she said. “But that is something I can work on, so I’m really happy about that. I’m writing everything down, to keep myself feeling safe.”
She added: “It’s just really nice to be back home, I’m on the other side.”
When she shared her diagnosis, she said chances of having it were “three in a million,” and she had discovered it several months previously after a company offered her a health scan in return for giving a menopause talk.
She said support from her fans had “meant the world,” and said she was being “brilliantly looked after” by her partner, hairdresser Michael Douglas, and her stepmother, Gabby, who she calls mum.
The emotional presenter said: “I’d quickly like to say big up the stepmums. I don’t really say thank you to Gabby enough. She’s been an amazing rock my whole life.”
McCall was estranged from her birth mother, Florence McCall, who died in 2008.
Smiling, McCall went on: “I’ve got a massive dose of vitamin G – I’m just really grateful. I’ve always been really lucky in my life, but I feel unbelievably grateful right now. So, thanks for everything, all of you.
“I’m on the mend, I’m resting and sleeping loads and I feel really good. I’m just very lucky”
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