Coronation Street icon Beverley Callard has confirmed she has completed her final radiotherapy session, following her breast cancer diagnosis.
Callard, who is best known for her role as Liz McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed in February that she had been diagnosed with the disease and began radiotherapy earlier this month.
Announcing the news in an Instagram video, the 69-year-old actress said: “I’ve done it, I’ve just finished my last radiotherapy session, fingers crossed.
“That was number ten for me and lots of people have to have lots more, I know that.
“But for now, that’s finished so hopefully, don’t know for sure, but hopefully I won’t need any more.”
Callard’s husband Jon McEwan, who filmed the video, was then heard saying: “Positive thinking, darling, that’s it.”
The actress added: “To be honest, I feel a bit numb.
“Yesterday I really struggled, but today I’ve been fine.
“I’ve got to see the professor again in two months and then I’ll know a lot more and mammograms and oncologists and all that, but radiotherapy is finished for now, so I’m really thrilled.
“I’m not going to celebrate tonight, we’re too tired, we can’t be bothered.
“I’m going to put scruffy clothes on and just sit and watch TV with a cup of tea.”
In the video caption, the soap star wrote: “And that’s a wrap on radiotherapy! 10 sessions over and done with!
“Lots more appointments down the line but for now…I’m so happy for it to be over!”
While appearing on the I’m A Celebrity… South Africa, which was filmed last autumn, Callard was advised by medics to leave days before the final after she told campmates she had “a bit of a funny turn”.
The star has since revealed on Instagram that her departure from the series marked the start of her breast cancer diagnosis, and said watching it back was “emotional”.
The actress and her husband Jon moved to Ireland earlier this year after she took the role of Lily Patterson in Irish soap opera Fair City.
