Davina McCall, the mother-of-three, has revealed details of her significant operation to remove a rare brain tumor in November. Only three in a million people are affected by this rare brain tumor.
Davina McCall has revealed that she is no longer afraid of dying after her major brain surgery last year. The mum-of-three, 57, told fans in November that doctors had discovered a ‘very rare’ colloid cyst that affects only three in a million people and would require a potentially life-saving operation.
Explaining that her prime concern was her three children before she had the surgery to remove the benign cyst, Davina said her mind ‘went into forensic mode’, wondering if 23-year-old Holly, Tilly, 21, and Chester, 18, who she shares with her ex-husband, Matthew Robertson, would be ok.
Speaking on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, revealing she made an ‘end of life’ check list, she shared: “I had to make sure that my kids were going to be OK if I did not make it. That is all I really cared about. I knew my partner, Michael, would be OK as he is a whole person, but I was really worried about my kids.” It comes as the heartbreaking reason for the postponement of Ozzy Osbourne’s posthumous documentary was revealed.
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Davina continued, “I went forensic on thinking about my children, their stage of development, and where they were in their lives. You’re only happy when you’re the least happy, right?
After about six months of interrogating them about their lives and constantly expressing my love for them, I finally realized this.
“My eldest daughter kept getting caught on. I was like, “No, no, no,” and I realized they would be great because she was like, “You are not dying.”
After making peace with the fact that they would not have her, Davina said her check list, which included three heartfelt letters to her children, was finished.
She said, “I don’t worry about dying any longer. The most difficult decision of my life was made. It was a wonderful experience.
“I’ve had to go through some incredible struggles, and I’ve been on a massive life journey. The learning originates in that area.
“I know it’s a good thing if something really bad happens right now.”
Davina might have had a stroke or lost her ability to “hold a short-term memory beyond five minutes” if the five-hour procedure had not been successful.
However, if the cyst had remained undetected, or if the Long Lost Family star had chosen not to have it removed, she could have died ‘suddenly’ without any warning or chance to say goodbye to her family and friends, according to The Times.
When Davina thanked her family for supporting her while co-presenting this year’s Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, she acknowledged that the tumor had been removed as it was “the hardest thing I’ve ever been through.”
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Source: Mirror
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