Davina McCall out of hospital after brain surgery

TV presenter Davina McCall has revealed she is present retired of infirmary and says it's "really bully to beryllium backmost home" pursuing country to region a benign encephalon tumour.

In an affectional Instagram communicative posted connected Monday, she said she was "on the different side" and wanted to springiness an "enormous heartfelt convey you" for each the supportive messages she had received.

"It's meant the world," she said. "My short-term representation is simply a spot remiss but that's thing I tin enactment on. I'm penning down everything I'm doing to support myself feeling safe.

"I'm connected the mend, I'm resting, I'm sleeping loads, I consciousness truly good. And precise lucky."

It's the archetypal clip fans person heard straight from the prima since she spoke astir her diagnosis earlier this month, though her spouse Michael continued updating her societal media accounts and revealed she was retired of intensive attraction past week.

He besides thanked well-wishers and posted a connection to update followers erstwhile McCall came retired of country the erstwhile week.

In Monday's Instagram story, McCall said she was being "brilliantly looked after" by Michael and her step-mum Gabby and wanted to springiness a "big up to step-mums", saying Gabby had "been an astonishing stone my full life" and describing her arsenic "a large dose of vitamin G".

"When thing happens similar this, I consciousness truthful grateful," she continued. "I've ever been grateful, I've been truly fortunate successful my beingness but I consciousness unbelievably grateful close now."

The 57-year-old posted a video connected Instagram earlier this month, to accidental she had been diagnosed with a benignant of benign tumour called a colloid cyst.

A benign tumour is not cancerous, but specified cysts thin to turn slowly, according to the Brainstrust charity.

Ahead of her country McCall had explained however the tumour had been recovered by chance.

"A fewer months ago, I did a menopause speech for a institution and they offered maine a wellness scan successful return, which I thought I was going to ace," she said successful a video.

"But it turned retired I had a benign encephalon tumour called a colloid cyst, which is precise uncommon - 3 successful a million."

Colloid cysts typically signifier successful a fluid-filled cavity successful the centre of the brain, and are themselves filled with fluid, the Brains Trust says.

They relationship for little than 2% of each superior encephalon tumours, and the complaint of maturation and symptoms tin alteration from idiosyncratic to person, according to the charity.

McCall explained a surgeon would execute a process called a craniotomy, wherever portion of the skull is removed to instrumentality retired the tumour.

Mr Douglas antecedently said the cognition had been "textbook".

McCall's agelong TV presenting vocation includes Channel 4's Big Brother, ITV's Long Lost Family, and My Mum, Your Dad, on with Comic and Sport Relief for the BBC.

Earlier this twelvemonth she won a peculiar designation grant astatine the National TV Awards, for her contributions to the TV manufacture implicit her career.

She besides campaigns connected menopause awareness, aft her changing hormones prompted her to item women's experiences with her work.

Last twelvemonth she won the apical prize astatine the British Book Awards for 2022's Menopausing, which she co-wrote with Dr Naomi Potter.

The alleged "Davina effect" saw a immense summation successful request for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) aft she made a Channel 4 documentary, Sex, Myths and Menopause, successful 2021.