Angie Best Declares Shes Cancer Free at 74!

Angie Best has revealed she is officially free after undergoing major surgery to remove a tumour from her colon. 

The former model, 74, revealed in January that she had been diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer, which had spread to her liver.

Angie then travelled to Switzerland for an unconventional cancer treatment known as mistletoe therapy, so called because it uses extracts from the European mistletoe plant, which can be used alongside traditional chemotherapy.

She combined homeopathic remedies with traditional medicine in a bid to shrink the 30cm tumour from her colon, with her son Calum revealing a positive update last month that she had no more cancer in her liver.

Yet she still had to have surgery to remove the cancer from her colon, with Angie - who is the ex-wife of late footballer George Best - revealing on Saturday that the operation had been a success. 

In a lengthy Instagram video she explained the process, captioning the clip: 'Bit different from all the miserable videos of the last 7 months. I’m a truly happy grateful girl, it’s over.' 

Angie explained that she'd just been discharged from hospital after undergoing a laparoscopy (keyhole surgery) to remove the last of the cancer. 

She shared: 'The chemo and the immunotherapy prior had shrunk my 30cm lump down to a little tiny bit that was attached to the colon. They shrunk it, now we go in and cut it out... 

'A bit like an interior designer coming in and moving the furniture around, but it still works.

'So then it's done, they sew you up, then they wait three days, and in those three days, they give you fluids only.

'So of course I lost so much weight, this is why I look so drawn, but I'm not worried about that because I've just been eating some shrimp tempura and I'm gonna gain that weight back again without no worries about that.

'On the fourth day, they give you your first meal, very sensible meal, all white. And then they wait for the next morning to see if you go to the bathroom.

'I did. And again the next day and again the next day, so everything was working as it should perfectly in my little colon.

'I'm so happy because now I can officially say with gratitude and love that I am cancer free and healing. All I've got to do now is get better.

'I've got to heal and I can do that. That's what I'm good at. God knows it's the only thing I'm good at.

'But I can't come home yet because this was such a major operation. I have to wait eight days, and sit and wait, but I'm gonna use that time to heal and get better.

'I've got so much I want to do. I'm going to reinvent myself at the ripe old age of 74. Wish me luck!'