Davina McCall

[Ivegone]

Not sure why you’re baffled? We all have our own opinions and this is mine.

I doubt there are many women nowadays not aware of Breast cancer awareness. It’s always in the media what with the amount of Celebs that have had it and already raised awareness.

I always find time for my NHS mammograms. They’re very important. I also check my breasts regularly which is also important.

Davina goes private as we know from her previous health problem. She also got her HRT and testosterone privately. It’s hard to get testosterone on the NHS so yeah I do consider her luckier than someone having to rely on NHS treatment and yeah, can’t say I’m really a fan of her and this is a gossip forum and this isn’t a rave thread.

So5 we really need more awareneas of the same thing its everywhere everyones written a book about it spoken on tv about it its hardly hushed is it

 

[Trafalgar]

I feel desperately sorry for anyone fighting cancer.

However what people have said about her hair is correct. What the hell is going on with it on her social media posts? Knowing that news was going to be everywhere you would have thought with her hairdresser partner they would have made it look amazing for her. Its not a good advert for her partners business is it?

 

[monga]

I saw she was presenting Stand Up To Cancer lastnight . It’s something everyone dreads but watching the survivor's and advances in treatment was so positive and inspiring…The king sharing his journey has again led to a surge in screening sites.

King 'deeply touched' by reaction to cancer 'good news' - as screening sites see traffic surge

Charles credited an early diagnosis for being able to scale back treatment in the new year.

news.sky.com

 

[Dotty Merton]

Yeah, im feeling a bit needy and sorry for myself, but I learned a couple of days ago that I have a brain tumour. I'm in a daze. Luckily though, it may be benign Stories such as Davina's are reassuring.

How you doing Ellen? That sounds very scary.

 

[Ivegone]

Thought long and hard about posting this but here goes …I had breast cancer several years ago and had surgery , chemo and radiotherapy . Every time a news article or an awareness raising social media post came up I found it very triggering . This culminated in the very sad death of Sarah Harding . This upset me a great deal and again the coverage was very triggering and extremely frightening.Now I work as a Counsellor and often work with clients who have or are affected by cancer . They often talk about quietly watching tv and then an advert for Cancer Research or Macmillan pops up and they are dragged back into trauma . I get that many people find Davina’s approach of raising awareness helpful but I don’t share that sentiment. Women do need to be educated re B C but by the medical professionals not celebrities IMO .Surely at this point there is enough “awareness” around about checking breasts and mammograms etc without Davina having to publicly share her situation. I wish her well but also every other woman dealing with this disease .

There's so much awareness already

 

[monga]

She’s been diagnosed with breast cancer