Beverley Callard Faces Cancer Treatment Delay

said she 'cannot paint a smile on her face' as she revealed her breast surgery results have been delayed due to a backlog.

The , 68, revealed she is battling the disease last month after being diagnosed just after she relocated to Dublin to start her new job on Irish soap Fair City.

In an update to fans, Beverley explained that she is still waiting for the results of her latest procedure and opened up about her husband and how he has been supporting her in a post shared to Instagram on Friday.

Beverley said that her husband, Jon McEwan, was decorating their new home to ensure she was comfortable during her recovery. 

In the clip, she said: 'Well, I had to do a photoshoot yesterday and on the way there - it was for a magazine about Fair City - and on the way there, Jon [my husband] was driving, and I was in the passenger seat. 

'My phone rang, and it said the caller ID. Usually, it's the hospital or one of the consultants from the hospital and I thought 'Okay, this is it, my results.' 

'It was one of the amazing cancer care nurses from Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, they are fantastic. She wanted to know how I was doing. 

'I told her that I've got quite a lot of soreness, which I've not had for ages but it came on a few days ago. 

'She said I could be overdoing things, hopefully I'm not, I've had a lazy day today. But then she said 'No results yet because there is a backlog,' so hopefully I will get them next week.

'You know when your heart is in your mouth? You think 'This is it. It's coming now, any minute,' and then, no, nothing. 

'Obviously, we were still moving in the car, and I just thought 'I can't do this now, I cannot paint a smile on my face again.'

'Anyway, I did it. You just do, don't you? Then we went out for some dinner and it was really nice.

'The other thing I was thinking was that Jon's painting the bedroom in our new home and doing all that so it will be lovely for me for radiotherapy, etc, if I am tired, and I just thought 'Oh, I could not go through this by myself.'

'I really feel for anyone who is going through it by themselves, I really do. If you are, you're much stronger than me, that is for sure, and I'm sending you so much love.'

Beverley's update comes after she revealed her mind is 'manic' while .

Sharing a previously update with her fans on Instagram, Beverley opened up about the struggles she is facing while trying to prepare for her trip to London.

She said: 'Well, what a day today. I've been packing because I was told I have got to go to work on Sunday and Monday in London.

'So the quite posh outfits I need and as you can tell, I love wearing things like this more than anything else.

'So today I had a try on in my bedroom and then got myself into a state because I'm fine now. I'm fine now.

'But what do you do when you can't put a bra on because you're still sore and you still have wounds.

'So how do you make yourself look equal on both sides. Because I thought I'll find a soft bra, put it on and shove a pair of socks in there or something.

'No, it didn't work at all, so then I thought, well, I can't stick a shoulder pad on myself or something because I'm too sore everywhere.

'So I was completely, oh, well, I shouldn't be going. Why am I doing this and the rest of it? But I have got good shoes to wear. That is the only thing. I've got great shoes to wear, and that's it.

'And I will sort it, but it was just one of those days today. I'll work something out somehow.

'So that was my day really, and I can't sleep. My mind is manic at the moment. I think maybe it's nerves about going back to work and everything else, but I'm being strong, and I hope you are all as well.'