Coronation Street star Beverley Callard reveals she’s ‘quite badly burnt’ from breast cancer treatment in health update
CORONATION Street legend Beverley Callard revealed she’s ‘quite badly burnt’ from breast cancer treatment – amid sharing a new health update.
Liz McDonald actress Beverley, 69, first revealed in February that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Appearing on Irish chat show The Six O’Clock Show, the star has opened up about her current condition.
Beverley explained how the side effects of radiotherapy began to affect her after a few days.
She said: “Nausea, really tired and just wiped out a little bit.
“And I’m quite badly burnt. But I’m coping really well, actually.”
This came after Beverley revealed she finished radiotherapy only a couple of weeks earlier.
She continued: “I got through it amazingly well. I didn’t have any time off work.
“I didn’t miss a day. So I was really sort of proud of myself for that.”
Beverley confirmed she was “back at work” and filming once again, referring to her current role as Lily Patterson on Fair City.
She concluded: “I don’t know the actual prognosis yet, I see my oncologist again in two weeks time. So I’ll know more then, but I’m doing well.”
The actress also shared how other people said to her: “You shouldn’t be working, you should be at home.”
She elaborated: “But if you are, you just sit and feel sorry for yourself.
“Believe me, I’ve done that as well, as we all do. But I need my mind to be occupied.
“If I’ve got lines to learn, it really helps. And believe me, I’ve had loads to learn, so it’s been good.”
Bev has been open with fans about the gruelling side effects as she battles cancer, and last week revealed her treatment had left her “sore and tired”.
The star told her followers: “I’ve got to speak to the hospital tomorrow.
“I’m not sure that I’m healing as well as I should be. But I’m so burnt and it’s just driving me mad.
“Also, incredibly nauseous.”