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Antiques Roadshow star shares scan results 2 years after brain tumour diagnosis-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro
Next month will mark two years since her devastating diagnosis.
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BBC Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell has shared an update (Picture: BBC)
Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell has shared an update after having a brain scan, two years on from her tumour diagnosis.
Theo revealed last June that, in 2022 at the age of 35, she had been diagnosed with ‘an incurable aggressive grade 4 brain tumour’ following the birth of her son.
She later underwent ‘surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy to keep the cancer under control’.
In devastating news, she was given just two years to live by doctors and told that her ‘tumour will return and kill [her]’.
The decorative arts expert, now 37, has kept fans in the loop since sharing her diagnosis, having informed her followers earlier this month that she was preparing to have another scan, confessing ‘anxiety about [her] upcoming results’.
She’s now posted them online, revealing via Instagram on Wednesday (May 22): ‘Quick update … stable scan results received today.’
Theo took to Instagram after receiving her scan results (Picture: Instagram)
She was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2022 (Picture: BBC/Callum Lawrence)
‘June 7 will mark two years since diagnosis,’ she added.
Theo’s announcement comes just days after she admitted she was having a ‘hard’ week.
She penned last week: ‘Trying to manage cancer fatigue alongside the ups and downs of life has been pretty difficult.
‘My energy levels are very low, and I feel frustrated that brain cancer is affecting my ability to do simple day-to-day things.’
Earlier this year, Theo also spoke about how hard life had become due to her intensifying symptoms.
She wrote: ‘So my recent trips away are definitely catching up with me – do not let my photos fool you, the fatigue, the headaches, the nausea, the dizziness are all still there, and when I’m tired these symptoms/side effects really make themselves known.’
Her exhaustion came after a month of public appearances, including on BBC’s Morning Live and attending a Brain Tumour Research event at the Houses of Parliament in a bid to raise awareness.
Theo has suffered severe anxiety awaiting scan results (Picture: BBC)
She’s kept fans updated, discussing the side effects of her treatment (Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS)
‘I spend many hours worrying about each and every one of these issues because let’s face it, when you’ve got cancer, regrowth is always on your mind,’ she continued.
Theo reminded her followers that if they are also ‘living with this fear’ then they are not alone.
She urged them not to assume it’s a sign of ‘something sinister’, as it could be down to tiredness or ‘carrying a lot on your shoulders’.
Speaking previously about her diagnosis, Theo told The Daily Mail: ‘Receiving my diagnosis, at the age of 35, when my son was just one year old, was devastating. Overnight everything had changed.
‘Suddenly I’d gone from being a healthy person in the middle of my life with a new baby to having incurable cancer with maybe one or two years left to live.’
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