Fair City star Beverley Callard has shared a health update following her shock cancer diagnosis.
Beverley, who rose to fame as Liz McDonald on Coronation Street, swapped Weatherfield for Carrigstown when she joined the cast of Fair City as Lily, Gwen’s long-lost mother.
However, Beverley learned that she had breast cancer, just minutes before she filmed her first scenes as Lily.
In an update on her diagnosis last month, Beverley revealed she had three lymph nodes removed and said doctors were deciding whether she would need chemotherapy or radiotherapy depending on how aggressive the cancer proves to be.
In her latest update, Beverley said that she is to undergo radiotherapy soon — however, she was told by her doctors that they feel she should have started treatment sooner.
‘Well, I went to the hospital today at 3.15, and they all seemed very nice, obviously they’re new to me,’ Beverley told her Instagram followers.
‘They are a little concerned because they think I should’ve started the radiotherapy before now.
‘But of course because we moved house, it took a while for my records, my medical records, to come from England to Ireland etc, but they’ve all arrived.’
Beverley added that she’ll be back in the hospital on Thursday to see more doctors, adding that she’ll begin treatment soon.
Explaining her diagnosis on the Late Late Show earlier this year, Beverley explained that she was set to come to Ireland for four weeks to film her first few scenes, before returning to the UK.
But just minutes before she began filming her first scenes, she learned of her diagnosis, saying: ‘I’d had some tests just before I left the UK, and literally 15-20 minutes before [filming] I was in my dressing room at Fair City, getting ready to go on, and I was quite nervous, thinking: “I hope everyone thinks I’m alright…”
My consultant rang me and said: “we need you to come back to the UK,”‘ Beverley continued. ‘I said “well I can’t possibly, you know? I’ve just taken a new job… I’m away for a month.”
‘And I was diagnosed with breast cancer.’
Beverley reassured people, however, saying: ‘I’m fine. I’m absolutely fine.’
