Coronation Street star Beverley Callard has told fans she is feeling 'completely wiped out' after pushing herself too hard while recovering from cancer treatment. The 69-year-old actress, who announced she had been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in February, said she had been spending up to ten hours a day redecorating her new home in Ireland, where she has moved with her husband Jon to star in the soap Fair City.
In an emotional Instagram update on Saturday night, Callard admitted she had ignored fans' warnings to rest. She said: 'You were all right, every comment, everything, all sent with love, I know. You were right. I have completely overdone it. I woke up and just felt as if I'd not been to sleep at all. Honestly, I feel the same, I've been back to bed a couple of times so you were all right.'
The actress, who recently appeared on I'm A Celebrity...South Africa, also revealed that although surgery had removed the cancer, it had spread to a lymph node. She explained that doctors had taken three lymph nodes and found cancer in the first one, with the other two clear. The sample has been sent to America to determine how aggressive the cancer is, with results expected in around two weeks.
Callard said that if the cancer is aggressive, she will need chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy; if not, she will proceed with radiotherapy as originally planned. She described the waiting as 'an absolute pain' but acknowledged that many people have gone through similar experiences.
Fans flooded the comments section with messages of support, urging her to rest and take care of herself. Callard is best known for playing Rovers Return landlady Liz McDonald on Coronation Street for 30 years.
